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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 10-Q
 
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2002
 
 
Commission File Number 1-1136
 
 
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
    
22-079-0350
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
    
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
345 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10154
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Telephone: (212) 546-4000
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
Yes x     No ¨
 
At July 31, 2002, there were 1,937,044,877 shares outstanding of the Registrant’s $.10 par value Common Stock.
 
 



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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
 
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
 
June 30, 2002
 
                
Page

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
            
Item 1.
    
Financial Statements (Unaudited):
            
           
Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001
  
3
 
-
 
4
           
Consolidated Statement of Earnings and Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001
  
5
 
-
 
 6
           
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001
          
7
              
8
 
-
 
18
                 
19
Item 2.
       
20
 
-
 
27
                          
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
            
Item 1.
       
28
 
-
 
30
Item 4.
               
31
Item 6.
               
31
          
32

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PART I    FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.    Financial Statements
 
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
(UNAUDITED)
 
(millions of dollars)
  
June 30,
2002

  
December 31,
2001

Current Assets:
             
Cash and cash equivalents
  
$
3,547
  
$
5,500
Time deposits and marketable securities
  
 
72
  
 
154
Receivables, net of allowances
  
 
3,470
  
 
3,949
Inventories:
             
Finished goods
  
 
948
  
 
829
Work in process
  
 
428
  
 
411
Raw and packaging materials
  
 
270
  
 
247
    

  

Total Inventories
  
 
1,646
  
 
1,487
Prepaid expenses
  
 
1,213
  
 
1,259
    

  

Total Current Assets
  
 
9,948
  
 
12,349
Property, Plant and Equipment
  
 
8,319
  
 
8,011
Less: Accumulated depreciation
  
 
3,256
  
 
3,132
    

  

    
 
5,063
  
 
4,879
Goodwill
  
 
5,091
  
 
5,200
Intangible Assets, net
  
 
2,126
  
 
2,247
Other Assets
  
 
2,555
  
 
2,382
    

  

Total Assets
  
$
24,783
  
$
27,057
    

  

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET—
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)
 
(millions of dollars)
  
June 30,
2002

    
December 31,
2001

 
Current Liabilities:
                 
Short-term borrowings
  
$
785
 
  
$
174
 
Accounts payable
  
 
1,483
 
  
 
1,587
 
Accrued expenses
  
 
3,510
 
  
 
4,207
 
U.S. and foreign income taxes payable
  
 
982
 
  
 
2,858
 
    


  


Total Current Liabilities
  
 
6,760
 
  
 
8,826
 
Other Liabilities
  
 
1,169
 
  
 
1,258
 
Long-Term Debt
  
 
6,140
 
  
 
6,237
 
    


  


Total Liabilities
  
 
14,069
 
  
 
16,321
 
    


  


Stockholders’ Equity:
                 
Preferred stock, $2 convertible series:
                 
Authorized 10 million shares; issued and outstanding 8,613 in 2002 and 8,914 in 2001, liquidation value of $50 per share  
  
 
—  
 
  
 
—  
 
Common stock, par value of $.10 per share:
                 
Authorized 4.5 billion shares; issued 2,200,746,902 in 2002 and 2,200,010,476 in 2001
  
 
220
 
  
 
220
 
Capital in excess of par value of stock
  
 
2,423
 
  
 
2,336
 
Other accumulated comprehensive income (loss)
  
 
(1,082
)
  
 
(1,117
)
Retained earnings
  
 
20,627
 
  
 
20,686
 
    


  


    
 
22,188
 
  
 
22,125
 
Less cost of treasury stock—262,839,720 common shares in 2002 and 264,389,570 in 2001
  
 
11,474
 
  
 
11,389
 
    


  


Total Stockholders’ Equity
  
 
10,714
 
  
 
10,736
 
    


  


Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
  
$
24,783
 
  
$
27,057
 
    


  


 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
 
(millions, except per share data)
  
Three Months
Ended June 30,

    
Six Months
Ended June 30,

 
    
2002

  
2001

    
2002

  
2001

 
EARNINGS
                               
Net Sales
  
$
4,053
  
$
4,709
 
  
$
8,135
  
$
9,398
 
    

  


  

  


Cost of products sold
  
 
1,396
  
 
1,347
 
  
 
2,787
  
 
2,630
 
Marketing, selling and administrative
  
 
941
  
 
966
 
  
 
1,837
  
 
1,877
 
Advertising and product promotion
  
 
390
  
 
424
 
  
 
678
  
 
801
 
Research and development
  
 
536
  
 
495
 
  
 
1,048
  
 
1,003
 
Acquired in-process research & development
  
 
—  
  
 
—  
 
  
 
112
  
 
—  
 
Other (income) expense, net
  
 
193
  
 
(24
)
  
 
358
  
 
(101
)
    

  


  

  


    
 
3,456
  
 
3,208
 
  
 
6,820
  
 
6,210
 
    

  


  

  


Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
  
 
597
  
 
1,501
 
  
 
1,315
  
 
3,188
 
Provision for income taxes
  
 
157
  
 
399
 
  
 
290
  
 
843
 
    

  


  

  


Earnings from Continuing Operations
  
 
440
  
 
1,102
 
  
 
1,025
  
 
2,345
 
Discontinued Operations, net
  
 
—  
  
 
99
 
  
 
—  
  
 
192
 
    

  


  

  


Net Earnings
  
$
440
  
$
1,201
 
  
$
1,025
  
$
2,537
 
    

  


  

  


Earnings Per Common Share
                               
Basic
                               
Earnings from Continuing Operations
  
$
.23
  
$
.57
 
  
$
.53
  
$
1.21
 
Discontinued Operations
  
 
—  
  
 
.05
 
  
 
—  
  
 
.10
 
    

  


  

  


Net Earnings
  
$
.23
  
$
.62
 
  
$
.53
  
$
1.31
 
    

  


  

  


Diluted
                               
Earnings from Continuing Operations
  
$
.23
  
$
.56
 
  
$
.53
  
$
1.19
 
Discontinued Operations
  
 
—  
  
 
.05
 
  
 
—  
  
 
.10
 
    

  


  

  


Net Earnings
  
$
.23
  
$
.61
 
  
$
.53
  
$
1.29
 
    

  


  

  


Average Common Shares Outstanding
                               
Basic
  
 
1,937
  
 
1,940
 
  
 
1,936
  
 
1,944
 
Diluted
  
 
1,944
  
 
1,964
 
  
 
1,946
  
 
1,971
 
Dividends per common share
  
$
.280
  
$
.275
 
  
$
.56
  
$
.55
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)
 
(millions of dollars)
  
Three Months
Ended June 30,

    
Six Months
Ended June 30,

    
2002

  
2001

    
2002

  
2001

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
                             
Net Earnings
  
$
440
  
$
1,201
 
  
$
1,025
  
$
2,537
Other Comprehensive Income
                             
Foreign currency translation, net of tax benefit of $1 and $13 for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001; and $11 and $32 for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001
  
 
56
  
 
(52
)
  
 
8
  
 
30
Deferred gains on derivatives qualifying as hedges, net of tax of $12 and $6 for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001; and $8 and $19 for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001
  
 
36
  
 
9
 
  
 
27
  
 
26
    

  


  

  

Total Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
  
 
92
  
 
(43
)
  
 
35
  
 
56
    

  


  

  

Comprehensive Income
  
$
532
  
$
1,158
 
  
$
1,060
  
$
2,593
    

  


  

  

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
(UNAUDITED)
 
(millions of dollars)
  
Six Months
Ended June 30,

 
    
2002

    
2001

 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
                 
Net earnings
  
$
1,025
 
  
$
2,537
 
Depreciation
  
 
212
 
  
 
232
 
Amortization
  
 
166
 
  
 
131
 
Provision for litigation
  
 
125
 
  
 
—  
 
Acquired in-process research and development
  
 
112
 
  
 
—  
 
Gain from product divestitures
  
 
(30
)
  
 
(77
)
Other operating items
  
 
(10
)
  
 
6
 
Receivables
  
 
427
 
  
 
102
 
Inventories
  
 
(133
)
  
 
(116
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
  
 
(493
)
  
 
(225
)
Income taxes
  
 
(1,755
)
  
 
54
 
Pension contribution
  
 
(171
)
  
 
(215
)
Other assets and liabilities
  
 
(155
)
  
 
(46
)
    


  


Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Operating Activities
  
 
(680
)
  
 
2,383
 
    


  


Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
                 
Proceeds from sales of time deposits and marketable securities
  
 
314
 
  
 
729
 
Purchases of time deposits and marketable securities
  
 
(225
)
  
 
(742
)
Additions to fixed assets
  
 
(477
)
  
 
(411
)
Proceeds from product divestitures
  
 
88
 
  
 
135
 
Business acquisitions (including purchase of trademarks/patents)
  
 
(200
)
  
 
(60
)
Other, net
  
 
(218
)
  
 
(72
)
    


  


Net Cash (Used in) Investing Activities
  
 
(718
)
  
 
(421
)
    


  


Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
                 
Short-term borrowings
  
 
530
 
  
 
2
 
Long-term debt
  
 
(4
)
  
 
(1
)
Issuances of common stock under stock plans
  
 
120
 
  
 
132
 
Purchases of treasury stock
  
 
(117
)
  
 
(1,272
)
Dividends paid
  
 
(1,084
)
  
 
(1,072
)
    


  


Net Cash (Used in) Financing Activities
  
 
(555
)
  
 
(2,211
)
    


  


Effect of Exchange Rates on Cash
  
 
—  
 
  
 
11
 
    


  


Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents
  
 
(1,953
)
  
 
(238
)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period
  
 
5,500
 
  
 
3,182
 
    


  


Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period
  
$
3,547
 
  
$
2,944
 
    


  


 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
(UNAUDITED)
 
Note 1:    Basis of Presentation and New Accounting Standards
 
We prepared the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements following the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) can be condensed or omitted. We are responsible for the unaudited financial statements included in this document. The consolidated financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position at June 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, and the results of our operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in our company’s 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, our independent accountants, have performed a review of the unaudited consolidated financial statements included herein, and their review report thereon accompanies this filing.
 
Revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities can vary during each quarter of the year. Therefore, the results and trends in these interim financial statements may not be the same as those for the full year.
 
Use of Estimates—the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Revenue Recognition—we record revenue from the sale of products upon shipment to customers net of discounts, rebates and returns. Returns are recorded based on actual products returned during the period. We estimate that this practice results in an earnings effect that generally approximates the accrual method.
 
Reclassifications—certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
 
Exit or Disposal Activities—In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) approved for issuance Statement No. 146, Accounting for Exit or Disposal Activities, effective for exit or disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. SFAS No. 146 addresses issues regarding the recognition, measurement, and reporting of costs that are associated with exit and/or disposal activities, including restructuring activities that are currently accounted for pursuant to the guidance that the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) has set forth in EITF Issue No. 94-3, Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring), and the SEC has set forth in the Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 100, Restructuring and Impairment Charges. The initial adoption of this accounting requirement will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
 
Gain or Loss on Debt ExtinguishmentIn April 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, which required all gains and losses from extinguishment of debt to be aggregated and, if material, classified as an extraordinary item, net of related income tax effect. As a result, the criteria in Accounting Principles Bulletin No. 30 will now be used to classify those gains and losses. SFAS 145 amends SFAS 13 to require that certain lease

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
Note 1:    Basis of Presentation and New Accounting Standards (continued)
 
modifications that have economic effects similar to sale-leaseback transactions be accounted for in the same manner as sale-leaseback transactions. The initial adoption of this accounting requirement will not have an effect on our existing accruals for restructuring and exit activities.
 
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets—In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. We adopted SFAS No. 142 on January 1, 2002, with certain provisions applied earlier, upon acquisition, to goodwill and other acquired intangible assets acquired after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 142 addresses the initial recognition and measurement of intangible assets acquired and the recognition and measurement of goodwill and other intangible assets subsequent to their acquisition. Under the new rules, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives will no longer be amortized but will be subject to annual impairment tests. The goodwill arising from business acquisitions, prior to June 30, 2001, was amortized on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from 15 to 40 years. This goodwill is no longer being amortized effective in 2002. Total expenses related to the amortization of goodwill included in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2001 were $18 million and $37 million, respectively, or $.01 per share on a basic and fully diluted basis. We have completed the transitional goodwill assessment which indicated no impairment of goodwill.
 
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2002, were as follows:
 
(dollars in millions)
    
Pharmaceuticals
Segment

      
Nutritionals
Segment

  
Other
Healthcare
Segment

  
Total

 
Balance as of January 1, 2002
    
$
4,819
 
    
$
191
  
$
190
  
$
5,200
 
Purchase accounting adjustments related to recent acquisitions:
                                   
—  change in exit cost estimate
    
 
(105
)
    
 
—  
  
 
—  
  
 
(105
)
—  purchase price adjustments
    
 
(4
)
    
 
—  
  
 
—  
  
 
(4
)
      


    

  

  


Sub-total
    
 
(109
)
    
 
—  
  
 
—  
  
 
(109
)
      


    

  

  


Balance as of June 30, 2002
    
$
4,710
 
    
$
191
  
$
190
  
$
5,091
 
      


    

  

  


 
 
As of June 30, 2002, intangible assets consisted of the following:
 
(dollars in millions)
  
Gross
Carrying
Amount

    
Accumulated
Amortization

  
Net
Carrying
Amount

  
Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period

Patents / Trademarks
  
$
213
    
$
25
  
$
188
  
11 years
Licenses
  
 
902
    
 
635
  
 
267
  
5 years
Technology
  
 
1,783
    
 
112
  
 
1,671
  
11 years
    

    

  

  
Total
  
$
2,898
    
$
772
  
$
2,126
    
    

    

  

    

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
Note 1:    Basis of Presentation and New Accounting Standards (continued)
 
Amortization expense for intangible assets for the three month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 were $74 million and $37 million, respectively, and for the six month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 were $149 million and $77 million. The increase in 2002 from prior year is primarily due to intangible assets obtained in the DuPont acquisition.
 
Expected amortization expense related to intangible assets is as follows (dollars in millions):
 
For the year ended December 31, 2002
  
$
320
For the year ended December 31, 2003
  
$
206
For the year ended December 31, 2004
  
$
198
For the year ended December 31, 2005
  
$
193
For the year ended December 31, 2006
  
$
192
For the year ended December 31, 2007
  
$
191
 
 
Note 2:    Earnings Per Share
 
Basic earnings per common share are computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per common share are computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year, plus the incremental shares outstanding assuming the exercise of dilutive stock options. The computations for basic earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share are as follows:
 
(millions, except per share data)
  
Three Months
Ended June 30,

  
Six Months
Ended June 30,

    
2002

  
2001

  
2002

  
2001

Net Earnings from Continuing Operations
  
$
440
  
$
1,102
  
$
1,025
  
$
2,345
Discontinued Operations, net
  
 
—  
  
 
99
  
 
—  
  
 
192
    

  

  

  

Net Earnings
  
$
440
  
$
1,201
  
$
1,025
  
$
2,537
    

  

  

  

Basic:
                           
Average Common Shares Outstanding
  
 
1,937
  
 
1,940
  
 
1,936
  
 
1,944
    

  

  

  

Earnings from Continuing Operations
  
$
.23
  
$
.57
  
$
.53
  
$
1.21
Discontinued Operations, net
  
 
—  
  
 
.05
  
 
—  
  
 
.10
    

  

  

  

Net Earnings
  
$
.23
  
$
.62
  
$
.53
  
$
1.31
    

  

  

  

Diluted:
                           
Average Common Shares Outstanding
  
 
1,937
  
 
1,940
  
 
1,936
  
 
1,944
Incremental Shares Outstanding Assuming the Exercise of Dilutive Stock Options
  
 
7
  
 
24
  
 
10
  
 
27
    

  

  

  

    
 
1,944
  
 
1,964
  
 
1,946
  
 
1,971
    

  

  

  

Earnings from Continuing Operations
  
$
.23
  
$
.56
  
$
.53
  
$
1.19
Discontinued Operations, net
  
 
—  
  
 
.05
  
 
—  
  
 
.10
    

  

  

  

Net Earnings
  
$
.23
  
$
.61
  
$
.53
  
$
1.29
    

  

  

  

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
Note 2:    Earnings Per Share (continued)
 
Weighted-average shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options, which were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation because they were antidilutive, were 119 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 45 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2001.
 
 
Note 3:    Restructuring
 
In the second quarter of 2002, we recorded a pretax restructuring charge of $59 million related to workforce reductions and downsizing and streamlining of worldwide operations. Of this charge, $30 million relates to employee termination benefits for approximately 540 employees. The remaining $29 million represents the closure of facilities and other related expenses. As of June 30, 2002, $28 million related to these activities was included in accrued liabilities. We expect to substantially complete these restructuring activities by mid 2003.
 
During the second quarter of 2002, the restructuring charge of $59 million was offset by an adjustment to prior period restructuring reserves of $47 million due to higher than anticipated proceeds from the sale of exited businesses and $12 million primarily due to lower than expected separation payments.
 
Restructuring activities in prior years include workforce reductions, contract sales force termination, exiting product lines and the downsizing and streamlining of business operations. We expect to substantially complete these restructuring activities by the end of 2002.
 
Restructuring charges and spending in accrued liabilities associated with prior and current plans are as follows:
 
(dollars in millions)
  
Workforce
Reductions

    
Other
Costs

    
Total

 
Balance—January 1, 2002
  
$
260
 
  
$
88
 
  
$
348
 
Cash payments
  
 
(94
)
  
 
(56
)
  
 
(150
)
Additions
  
 
30
 
  
 
 
  
 
30
 
Other deductions
  
 
(4
)
  
 
(5
)
  
 
(9
)
    


  


  


Balance—June 30, 2002
  
$
192
 
  
$
27
 
  
$
219
 
    


  


  


 
 
Note 4:    Sales Rebate Accrual Adjustment
 
During the first quarter of 2002, we determined that the estimated Medicaid and prime vendor rebate accrual balance for our U.S. Medicines business was understated and recorded an adjustment to reduce revenues. The pretax earnings effect of the adjustment was a reduction in pretax earnings in 2002 of $262 million ($162 million after tax or $.08 per diluted share). The adjustment for the accrual primarily relates to increases in domestic wholesaler inventories in 2000 and 2001. In our judgment, the impact in 2000 and 2001 was not material and would have approximated on a per diluted share basis $.02 in the first quarter of 2000 and $.01 in the third and fourth quarters of 2000 and in each quarter of 2001.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
Note 5:    Alliances and Investments
 
The terms of our commercialization agreement, for the codevelopment and copromotion of Erbitux in the United States, Canada and Japan, with ImClone Systems, Inc. (ImClone) were revised in March 2002. Under the revised terms:
 
 
In lieu of the $300 million milestone payment originally due upon FDA acceptance of the Erbitux filing, we paid ImClone $140 million upon the signing of the revised agreement, and we will pay an additional $60 million on the one year anniversary of the signing;
 
 
 
We will now pay ImClone a $500 million milestone payment, originally due in its entirety upon FDA approval of Erbitux, in two parts: $250 million will be paid upon approval of the initial indication, and the remaining $250 million will be paid upon approval of a second indication;
 
 
 
ImClone will receive a distribution fee based on a flat rate of 39 percent of product revenues in North America; and
 
 
 
The terms of the agreement will continue through 2018.
 
Of the $140 million paid in March 2002, $112 million was expensed as acquired in-process research and development, and the remaining $28 million was recorded as an additional equity investment. The total equity investment in ImClone as of June 30, 2002 was $486 million. On a per share basis, the carrying value of the ImClone investment and the closing market price of ImClone shares as of June 30, 2002 were $33.75 and $8.69, respectively. If the market price of ImClone remains significantly below our carrying value and the decline is not temporary, it is likely we will take a one-time charge to pretax earnings to write down our ImClone investment.
 
In 1997, we entered into a codevelopment, comarketing agreement with Sanofi-Synthelabo (Sanofi) for two products: AVAPRO (irbesartan), an angiotensin II receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of hypertension, and PLAVIX (clopidogrel), a platelet inhibitor. The worldwide alliance operates under the framework of two geographic territories: one in the Americas and Australia and the other in Europe and Asia.
 
We act as the operating partner for the territories covering the Americas principally the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and Latin America countries, and Australia and own the majority controlling interest in the territory. As such, we consolidate all country partnership results and record Sanofi’s share of the results as a minority interest expense, included in Other Income/Expense. For the three month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 we recorded sales in this territory and in comarketing countries of $553 million and $427 million, respectively, and for the six month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 we recorded sales of $1,072 million and $837 million, respectively.
 
In March and May 2002, Sanofi, its United States subsidiary and Bristol-Myers Squibb Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Holding Partnership filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against two generic pharmaceutical companies alleging they infringed patents providing exclusivity for PLAVIX when they filed Abbreviated New Drug Applications seeking regulatory approval to sell clopidogrel. The plaintiffs seek to prevent the defendants from infringing the patents by marketing a generic version of the product prior to the expiration of the patents in 2011 and 2014, respectively. The defendants have asserted that the patents are invalid.
 
On August 6, 2002 a separate patent was issued to Sanofi covering our currently marketed form of clopidogrel. The importance of this patent cannot be determined until it is known what form of clopidogrel the generics seek to market.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
Note 6:    Acquisitions and Divestitures
 
DuPont Pharmaceuticals Acquisition
 
On October 1, 2001, we acquired the DuPont Pharmaceuticals Business (DuPont) from E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company for cash of $7.8 billion. The results of DuPont have been included in the consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. DuPont is primarily a domestic pharmaceutical and imagery product business focused on research and development. This acquisition was financed with proceeds from the issuance of $1.5 billion of commercial paper, issuance of $5.0 billion of medium-term notes and operating cash flows. The purchase price allocation was initially prepared on a preliminary basis and a final adjustment to the purchase price has been recorded. Certain acquisition related liabilities are based on preliminary estimates and final adjustments are expected as additional information becomes available.
 
In connection with the acquisition, we incurred $640 million of restructuring costs resulting from severance and relocation of workforce, the elimination of duplicate facilities and contract terminations. Such costs have been recognized as a liability assumed as of the acquisition date, resulting in additional goodwill. Of the $640 million originally recorded in accrued expenses, $523 million remained at December 31, 2001, which was reduced to $174 million at June 30, 2002. During the six month period ended June 30, 2002 the balance in this account was reduced by cash payments of $246 million and by an adjustment to reverse previously recorded exit accruals of $103 million. This adjustment resulted from lower than expected costs associated with exiting certain acquired contracts and activities and was recorded by reducing goodwill.
 
The following unaudited pro forma financial information, on a continuing operations basis, presents results as if the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of 2001:
 
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
    
Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2001

  
Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2001

Net Sales
    
$
5,037
  
$
9,940
Net Earnings
    
 
995
  
 
2,080
Earnings Per Share—Basic
    
 
.51
  
 
1.07
Earnings Per Share—Diluted
    
$
.51
  
$
1.06
 
These pro forma results have been prepared for comparative purposes only and include certain adjustments such as additional amortization expense as a result of identifiable intangible assets arising from the acquisition and from increased interest expense on acquisition debt. The pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that actually would have resulted had the acquisition been in effect at the beginning of the periods presented.
 
 
Divestitures
 
During the first quarter of 2002, we completed the sale of two branded products resulting in a pretax gain of $30 million. In the second quarter of 2001, we recorded a pretax gain of $45 million on the sale of ESTRACE tablets. For the first six months of 2001, we recorded a pretax gain of $77 million, which includes the sale of ESTRACE tablets and the Apothecon commodity business.
 
Discontinued operations in the three and six months ended June 30, 2001 reflect the results of the Clairol and Zimmer businesses, which were divested in 2001.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
 
Note 7:    Business Segments
 
Effective in 2002, we reorganized into three groups in support of being a pharmaceutical company with related healthcare businesses. As a result of this reorganization, the company has three reportable segments—the Pharmaceuticals Group, the Nutritionals Group and Other Healthcare. The Pharmaceuticals Group is comprised of the global pharmaceutical, and international (excluding Japan) consumer medicines businesses. The Nutritionals Group consists of Mead Johnson Nutritionals, primarily an infant formula business. Other Healthcare consists of the ConvaTec, Medical Imaging, and Consumer Medicines (U.S. and Japan) businesses. The data for 2001 has been restated to conform to the new segment organization:
 
    
For the Three Months
Ended June 30,

  
For the Six Months
Ended June 30,

(millions of dollars)
  
Net Sales

  
Earnings Before
Income Taxes

  
Net Sales

  
Earnings Before
Income Taxes

    
2002

  
2001

  
2002

  
2001

  
2002

  
2001

  
2002

  
2001

Pharmaceuticals
  
$
3,168
  
$
3,965
  
$
335
  
$
1,127
  
$
6,408
  
$
7,869
  
$
762
  
$
2,355
Nutritionals
  
 
489
  
 
442
  
 
124
  
 
81
  
 
952
  
 
944
  
 
249
  
 
231
Other Healthcare
  
 
396
  
 
302
  
 
92
  
 
57
  
 
775
  
 
585
  
 
178
  
 
99
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total Segments
  
 
4,053
  
 
4,709
  
 
551
  
 
1,265
  
 
8,135
  
 
9,398
  
 
1,189
  
 
2,685
Corporate/Other
  
 
—  
  
 
—  
  
 
46
  
 
236
  
 
—  
  
 
—  
  
 
126
  
 
503
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Continuing Operations
  
$
4,053
  
$
4,709
  
$
597
  
$
1,501
  
$
8,135
  
$
9,398
  
$
1,315
  
$
3,188
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 
Included in earnings before income taxes of each segment is a cost of capital charge. The offset to the cost of capital charge is included in Corporate/Other. Corporate/Other also includes interest expense, interest income, certain administrative expenses and allocations to the segments. In 2002, Pharmaceuticals and Corporate/Other include certain nonrecurring items: Pharmaceuticals—a $262 million Medicaid and prime vendor rebate adjustment (adjustment affects Sales and Earnings Before Income Taxes), and a $112 million in-process research and development charge related to the first payment under the revised agreement with ImClone; Corporate/Other—litigation expenses of $125 million and a $30 million gain on the sale of two branded products.
 
 
Note 8:    Other (Income)/Expense
 
The components of Other (Income)/Expense are:
 
(millions of dollars)
  
For the Three Months
Ended June 30,

      
For the Six Months
Ended June 30,

 
    
2002

      
2001

      
2002

      
2001

 
Minority interest expense
  
$
91
 
    
$
87
 
    
$
186
 
    
$
170
 
Net income from unconsolidated affiliates
  
 
(43
)
    
 
(45
)
    
 
(82
)
    
 
(71
)
Interest expense
  
 
102
 
    
 
23
 
    
 
200
 
    
 
49
 
Interest income
  
 
(18
)
    
 
(32
)
    
 
(41
)
    
 
(76
)
Other
  
 
61
 
    
 
(57
)
    
 
95
 
    
 
(173
)
    


    


    


    


Other (Income) / Expense, net
  
$
193
 
    
$
(24
)
    
$
358
 
    
$
(101
)
    


    


    


    


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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
 
Note 8:    Other (Income)/Expense (continued)
 
Minority interest expense is primarily related to our partnerships with Sanofi to co-develop and co-market two products: AVAPRO and PLAVIX. For the regions in which we are the operating partner, the consolidated operating results of the partnership are included in our financial statements and our partner’s share of these results are recorded as minority interest expense.
 
Income from unconsolidated affiliates is primarily related to our partnerships with Sanofi in regions where we are not the operating partner. For these regions, we record our investment in the partnership as an equity investment and record our share of the results in Other (Income)/Expense.
 
Interest expense in 2002 is primarily related to the $5.0 billion debt issuance in conjunction with the DuPont and ImClone transactions.
 
Other Expense for the three months ended June 30, 2002 includes litigation and other expenses. For the three months ended June 30, 2001, Other Income includes the gain on sale of ESTRACE tablets. Other Expense for the six months ended June 30, 2002 includes litigation expenses, including the Watson Pharmaceutical settlement, partially offset by the $30 million gain on sale of two branded products as well as gains on the sale of certain assets. For the six months in 2001, Other Income includes the gains on the sale of ESTRACE tablets and the Apothecon commodity business and the settlement of the gain on the sale of Matrix.
 
 
Note 9:    Litigation
 
Various lawsuits, claims and proceedings are pending against the company and certain of its subsidiaries. The most significant of these are described below.
 
 
TAXOL Litigation
 
In 1997 and 1998, we filed several lawsuits alleging that a number of generic drug companies infringed our patents covering methods of administering paclitaxel when they filed Abbreviated New Drug Applications seeking regulatory approval to sell paclitaxel. These actions were consolidated for discovery in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (District Court). We did not assert a monetary claim against any of the defendants, but sought to prevent the defendants from marketing paclitaxel in a manner that violates our patents. The defendants asserted that they did not infringe our patents and that these patents are invalid and unenforceable.
 
In early 2000, the District Court invalidated most claims of our patents. On April 20, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court’s summary judgment of the invalidity of all but two claims of the patents at issue. Those two claims relate to the low-dose, three-hour administration of paclitaxel in which the patient is given a specified regimen of premedicants before the administration of paclitaxel. The appellate court remanded those two claims to the District Court for further proceedings. In 2001 we filed an additional patent infringement suit against another company seeking to market generic paclitaxel.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
 
Note 9:    Litigation (continued)
 
In September 2000, one of the defendants received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for paclitaxel and is marketing the product. Additional final approvals have since been announced by the FDA and sales of additional generic products have begun.
 
Some of the defendants asserted counterclaims seeking damages for alleged antitrust and unfair competition violations. We believed our patents were valid when we filed the suits, and the counterclaims asserted are believed to be without merit. The lawsuits with four of the defendants have been settled with the defendants agreeing to drop all claims relating to paclitaxel and our granting licenses to the four defendants under certain paclitaxel patent rights. We are considering our options with respect to the two remaining patent infringement defendants.
 
Since the filing of the initial patent infringement suits, six private actions have been filed by parties alleging antitrust, consumer protection and similar claims relating to our actions to obtain and enforce patent rights. The plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment, damages (treble and/or punitive where allowed), disgorgement and injunctive relief. In June 2002, a group of 29 state attorneys general brought similar claims. In September 2000, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiated an investigation relating to paclitaxel. At this time, the FTC has not brought any claims against us relating to paclitaxel, nor has it indicated whether any such claims will be brought. We are cooperating in these investigations.
 
It is not possible at this time to make a reasonable assessment as to the final outcome of these lawsuits and investigations. If we were not to prevail in final, non-appealable determinations of these litigations and investigations the impact could be material.
 
 
BUSPAR Litigation
 
On November 21, 2000, we obtained a patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,150,365 (‘365 patent), relating to a method of using BUSPAR or buspirone. We submitted timely information relating to the ‘365 patent to the FDA for listing in a FDA publication commonly known as the “Orange Book,” and the FDA thereafter listed the patent in the Orange Book.
 
Delisting Suits. Generic-drug manufacturers sued the FDA and the company to compel the delisting of the ‘365 patent from the Orange Book. Although one district court declined to order the delisting of the ‘365 patent, another ordered us to cause the delisting of the patent from the Orange Book. We complied with the court’s order but appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Federal Circuit reversed the district court that ordered the delisting.
 
Patent Suits. We are seeking to enforce the ‘365 patent in actions against two generic drug manufacturers.
 
Antitrust Suits. Following the delisting of the ‘365 patent from the Orange Book, a number of purchasers of buspirone and several generic drug makers filed lawsuits against us alleging that it improperly triggered statutory marketing exclusivity. The attorneys general of approximately 40 states and Puerto Rico have also

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
 
Note 9:    Litigation (continued)
 
filed suit against us with parallel allegations. The plaintiffs have amended their allegations to include charges that a 1994 agreement between us and a generic company improperly blocked the entry of generic buspirone to the market. Plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment, damages (treble and/or punitive where allowed), disgorgement and injunctive relief.
 
Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) proceedings. The Judicial Panel on MDL granted our motions to have all of the patent and antitrust cases consolidated in a single forum. The court before which the buspirone litigations are now pending issued two opinions dated February 14, 2002. In the first opinion, the court found that the ‘365 patent does not cover uses of buspirone and therefore is not infringed. In the second opinion, the court denied our motion to dismiss the federal antitrust and state law claims. The second opinion allows the claims against us to proceed, except as to federal antitrust claims for damages accrued more than four years before the filing of the complaints.
 
Government Investigations. The FTC and a number of state attorneys general have initiated investigations concerning the listing of the ‘365 patent in the Orange Book. We are cooperating in these investigations. A number of attorneys general, but not all of them, filed an action against us, as noted earlier. The FTC is also investigating the 1994 agreement discussed above.
 
It is not possible at this time to make a reasonable assessment as to the final outcome of these lawsuits and investigations. If we were not to prevail in final, non-appealable determinations of these litigations and investigations the impact could be material.
 
 
Average Wholesale Pricing Litigation
 
We, together with a number of pharmaceutical manufacturers, are a defendant in a series of state and federal actions by private plaintiffs, brought as purported class actions, and complaints filed by the Attorneys General of two states, alleging that the manufacturers’ reporting of prices for certain products has resulted in a false and overstated Average Wholesale Price (AWP), which in turn improperly inflated the reimbursement paid by Medicare beneficiaries, insurers, state Medicaid programs, medical plans, and others to health care providers who prescribed and administered those products. The complaints variously assert claims under the federal RICO statute, the federal antitrust laws, Medicaid laws, state antitrust laws, state racketeering laws, and state consumer protection and fair trade statutes. In April, 2002, the federal actions were consolidated for pre-trial purposes and transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation. As to the state court actions, one has been stayed pending the consolidated action in Massachusetts, (The National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Welfare Fund and the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co.), a stay is sought in a second action, (The National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co.), and a third action was recently filed and served on the company, (Rice v. Bristol Myers Squibb, et al.). Plaintiffs seek damages as well as injunctive relief aimed at manufacturer price reporting practices. These cases are at a very preliminary stage and we are unable to assess the outcome and any possible effect on our business and profitability.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
 
Note 9:    Litigation (continued)
 
We, together with a number of other pharmaceutical manufacturers, also have received subpoenas and other document requests from various government agencies seeking records relating to its pricing and marketing practices for drugs covered by Medicare and/or Medicaid. The requests for records have come from, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, and several states.
 
We are producing documents and actively cooperating with these investigations, which could result in the assertion of criminal and/or civil claims. We are unable to assess the outcome of these investigations, which could include the imposition of fines, penalties and administrative remedies.
 
 
Securities Matters
 
In April, May and June 2000, the company, its former chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., and its chief scientific officer, Peter S. Ringrose, Ph.D., were named as defendants in a number of class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal securities laws and regulations. These actions have been consolidated into one action for pretrial proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiff claims that the defendants disseminated materially false and misleading statements and failed to disclose information concerning the safety and expected availability of its product VANLEV during the period November 8, 1999, through April 19, 2000. The plaintiff seeks compensatory damages, costs and expenses.
 
In March-May 2002, the company and a number of its current and former officers were named as defendants in a number of securities class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal securities laws and regulations. The actions are pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs variously allege that the defendants disseminated materially false and misleading statements and failed to disclose material information concerning three different matters: (1) safety data of our product VANLEV, (2) our sales incentives to certain wholesalers and the inventory levels of those wholesalers, and (3) our investment in and relations with ImClone Systems, Inc., and ImClone’s product, Erbitux. The allegations of these actions cover the period September 2001 through March 2002. The plaintiffs seek compensatory damages, costs and expenses.
 
In April 2002, the SEC initiated an inquiry into our wholesaler inventory situation, which we anticipate may become a more formal investigation. We are cooperating with the SEC. We are not able to predict the outcome of this matter which by its nature, and particularly in the current environment, is uncertain. However, one possible outcome could be a restatement of our results reflecting the previously disclosed wholesaler inventory buildup. We believe our accounting treatment for the wholesaler inventory buildup was appropriate and, accordingly, believe that this outcome is unlikely.
 
It is not possible at this time to make a reasonable assessment of the final outcome of these matters and investigations. If we were not to prevail in final, non-appealable determinations of these litigations and investigations the impact could be material.
 

 
While it is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of these cases, it is the opinion of management that there will not be a material adverse effect on our operating results or consolidated financial position.

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To the Board of Directors
and Stockholders of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
 
We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and its subsidiaries as of June 30, 2002, and the related consolidated statements of earnings and comprehensive income for each of the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
 
We conducted our review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
 
Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
We previously audited in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2001, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, comprehensive income and retained earnings and of cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein), and in our report dated January 24, 2002, except as to the fifth paragraph under the Buspar Litigation discussion in Note 18 which is as of February 14, 2002 and as to the second paragraph in Note 7 which is as of March 5, 2002 and as to the second paragraph under the Vanlev Litigation discussion in Note 18 which is as of March 25, 2002, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2001 is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
 
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
August 13, 2002

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SECOND QUARTER RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Worldwide sales for the second quarter of 2002 decreased 14% (13% excluding foreign exchange) to $4,053 million in 2002 from $4,709 million in 2001. This sales decline resulted from a 13% decrease in volume, a 1% decrease due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations and no change due to changes in selling prices. International sales increased 5% (7% excluding foreign exchange) and domestic sales decreased 23%. Sales for the quarter include $394 million of sales related to the DuPont Pharmaceuticals (DuPont) acquisition.
 
As previously disclosed, at December 31, 2001, U.S. wholesaler inventory levels significantly exceeded desirable levels. The buildup in wholesaler inventory levels resulted primarily from sales incentives offered by us to wholesalers during 2000 and 2001. We have made substantial progress in reducing U.S. wholesaler inventories to desirable levels. We estimate that nearly half of the total earnings per share impact of the workdown of domestic wholesaler inventory to desirable levels was achieved in the first half of 2002.
 
We estimate that the value of the wholesaler inventory workdown will reduce diluted earnings per share by an aggregate of approximately $.61 per diluted share, approximately $.11 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2002, approximately $.18 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2002, approximately $.24 per diluted share in the last two quarters of 2002, and approximately $.08 per diluted share in 2003. The majority of the earnings per share impact remaining at year-end 2002 is expected to be related to three of our non-exclusive products, GLUCOPHAGE IR, BUSPAR* and MEGACE O/S*.
 
These estimates exceed our previously announced estimates of approximately $.06 to $.07 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2002 and approximately $.40 per diluted share over the next four quarters, including approximately $.14 to $.17 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2002. The revised estimate for the aggregate impact of the value of wholesaler inventory workdown on diluted earnings per share is due largely to an increase in our estimate of the value of domestic wholesaler inventory above desirable levels at December 31, 2001. The revised estimate for the amount of wholesaler inventory workdown in the first quarter of 2002 is largely due to greater demand-based sales in the quarter than had previously been estimated. The revised estimate for the amount of wholesaler inventory workdown in the second quarter of 2002 is due to reduced shipments in the quarter. We estimate that completion of the wholesaler inventory workdown process will extend through the full year 2003 rather than the previously disclosed first quarter of 2003 primarily due to additional time that will be required to work down wholesaler inventories of three of our non-exclusive products, GLUCOPHAGE IR, BUSPAR* and MEGACE O/S*, to desirable levels.
 
The actual earnings per share impact and timing of the wholesaler inventory workdown are subject to a number of factors, some of which are not within our control and are subject to change. These factors include prescription sales demand for our products, competitive market pressures and actions of the wholesalers. In addition, the workdown of our non-exclusive products, which include BUSPAR*, GLUCOPHAGE IR, MEGACE O/S* and TAXOL*, may be adversely impacted by generic competition.
 
Moreover, all amounts related to the impact of the wholesaler inventory workdown on earnings per share are estimates. We estimate the impact of the wholesaler inventory workdown on our diluted
 
*
 
Indicates brand names of products which are trademarks we own.

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earnings per share by calculating the difference between estimated U.S. demand-based sales and our actual U.S. sales. The result of this inventory workdown calculation is then compared with inventory information received from selected wholesalers. We estimate demand-based sales of our products in the U.S. based on historical and current information obtained from a variety of third parties, including data related to retail and mail order prescriptions, average selling prices, information on discounts and rebates, doses per day, average therapy days, price increases, mix shifts, and hospital, HMO, government and other sales data. We estimate the level of domestic wholesaler inventories based on information provided by third parties, our internal information related to actual sales and our estimate of demand-based sales. All third party data (other than information reported directly by certain of our wholesalers with respect to their own inventory levels) are themselves estimates. We are not able to verify independently any of the third party data, including the information provided directly by such wholesalers. In addition, although the vast majority of this third-party information is available within 30 days after the close of a quarter and reflected in our announced estimates, some information is received as much as 45 days or more after the end of the quarter. Accordingly, our estimates are subject to revision as additional information becomes available and are subject to the inherent limitations of estimates that rely on third-party data.
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
 
Sales for the pharmaceuticals segment decreased 20% (19% excluding foreign exchange) to $3,168 million from $3,965 million in 2001. Domestic pharmaceutical sales decreased 32% to $1,843 million in 2002 from $2,716 million in 2001 due to wholesaler inventory workdown and generic competition for GLUCOPHAGE IR, TAXOL*, and BUSPAR*. U.S. sales for these products were $51 million in the second quarter of 2002 as compared to $753 million in 2001.
 
International sales for the pharmaceuticals segment increased 6% (8% excluding foreign exchange). Sales in Europe increased 10% (11% excluding foreign exchange) primarily due to strong sales of PRAVACHOL* across the region and the addition of new products from the DuPont acquisition. Japan realized sales growth of 3% (11% excluding foreign exchange) led by growth in TAXOL* sales.
 
Sales of selected products are as follows:
 
 
 
Worldwide sales of PRAVACHOL*, our cholesterol-lowering agent, increased 6% to $474 million. In July 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee issued a recommendation to the FDA in favor of the approval of our PRAVACHOL* plus aspirin New Drug Application.
 
 
 
Sales of PLAVIX, a platelet aggregation inhibitor, increased 25% to $396 million from $317 million in 2001. Sales of AVAPRO increased 43% to $157 million. PLAVIX and AVAPRO are cardiovascular products launched from the alliance between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Synthelabo.
 
 
 
Sales of SUSTIVA*, an antiretroviral agent acquired from DuPont, were $129 million.
 
 
 
Sales of ZERIT*, an antiretroviral agent, were $86 million, a decrease of 39%.
 
 
 
Sales of VIDEX*, an antiretroviral agent, were $46 million, a decrease of 32%.
 
 
 
Sales of GLUCOPHAGE XR and GLUCOVANCE were $60 million and $26 million, respectively, as compared to $111 million and $135 million in 2001.
 
 
 
The loss of exclusivity and the introduction of generic competition in the U.S. resulted in significant declines in sales for GLUCOPHAGE IR, TAXOL* and BUSPAR*. In 2002 sales for GLUCOPHAGE IR declined to $11 million from $511 million, sales for TAXOL* declined to $38 million from $160 million, and BUSPAR* sales declined to $2 million from $82 million.
 
*
 
Indicates brand names of products which are trademarks we own.

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Earnings before income taxes for the pharmaceuticals segment declined to $335 million in the second quarter of 2002 from $1,127 million in the same period in 2001. The decline in earnings before income taxes is primarily the result of the workdown in U.S. wholesalers inventory levels and generic competition.
 
 
Nutritionals
 
Sales for the nutritionals segment were $489 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002, an increase of 11% (foreign exchange had no impact on sales) from prior year. Mead Johnson continues to be the leader in the U.S. infant formula market. ENFAMIL*, our largest-selling infant formula, recorded sales of $203 million, an increase of 18% from the prior year largely due to the introduction of ENFAMIL* LIPIL in the first quarter of 2002.
 
Earnings before income taxes for the nutritionals segment increased to $124 million in 2002 from $81 million in 2001. This increase in earnings before income taxes is driven by higher sales and manufacturing efficiencies.
 
 
Other Healthcare
 
Other Healthcare is comprised of the ConvaTec, Medical Imaging and the Consumer Medicines (U.S. and Japan only) businesses.
 
 
 
ConvaTec sales remained at prior year levels of $180 million (1% increase excluding foreign exchange). Sales of ostomy products decreased 1% (flat excluding foreign exchange) to $113 million, while sales of modern wound care products increased 7% (8% excluding foreign exchange) to $65 million.
 
 
 
Medical Imaging sales were $118 million. The Medical Imaging business was part of the DuPont Pharmaceuticals acquisition, which occurred on October 1, 2001.
 
 
 
U.S./Japan Consumer Medicines sales decreased 19% (17% excluding foreign exchange) to $99 million, primarily due to lower sales of Excedrin in the U.S. and Bufferin sales in Japan.
 
Earnings before income taxes for the other healthcare segment increased to $92 million in 2002 from $57 million in 2001 primarily as a result of the addition of the Medical Imaging business from the DuPont acquisition.
 
 
OPERATING EXPENSES
 
Total expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, as a percentage of sales, increased to 85.3% from 68.1% in 2001, largely due to the reduction in sales as a result of the U.S. wholesaler inventory workdown and the increase in cost of products sold.
 
Cost of products sold, as a percentage of sales, increased to 34.4% from 28.6% in 2001. This increase is primarily due to higher cost of goods sold in the U.S. as a result of increased sales from the Oncology Therapeutics Network (a specialty distributor of anticancer medicines and related products) and from a change in product mix, attributable to the U.S. wholesaler inventory workdown and a decline in GLUCOPHAGE IR, TAXOL* and BUSPAR* sales.
 
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Marketing, selling, and administrative expenses decreased 3% from $966 million in 2001 to $941 million in 2002. As a percentage of sales, marketing, selling and administrative expenses increased to 23.2% in the second quarter of 2002 from 20.5% in 2001, due to lower sales in 2002.
 
Expenditures for advertising and promotion in support of new and existing products declined 8% to $390 million from $424 million in 2001, primarily as a result of reduced direct-to-consumer spend. As a percentage of sales, advertising and promotion expenditures increased to 9.6% in the second quarter of 2002 from 9.0% in 2001.
 
Research and development expenditures increased 8% to $536 million from $495 million in 2001. Pharmaceutical research and development spending increased 6% over the prior year, and as a percentage of pharmaceutical sales, was 16.1% in the second quarter of 2002 and 12.1% in the second quarter of 2001.
 
In May 2002, we announced the submission of a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Evaluation Agency for atazanavir, a novel protease inhibitor under investigation for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
 
In July 2002, the FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee recommended against the approval of VANLEV* (omapatrilat) New Drug Application (NDA) for the treatment of hypertension. The FDA Advisory Committee recommendation is not binding. However, the FDA usually follows the guidance of the Advisory Committee. We expect to receive a final decision from the FDA later this year and we continue to evaluate our options.
 
Development of a lead candidate compound in our superstatin program has been terminated; however we will continue with back-up compounds moving forward in preclinical research.
 
Other (Income)/Expense was $193 million of expense in the second quarter of 2002 versus $24 million of income in the same period of 2001. The expense in 2002 is primarily due to increases in litigation expenses and interest expense related to the issuance of long-term debt for the DuPont and ImClone transactions. The second quarter of 2001 includes the gain on the sale of ESTRACE* tablets.
 
 
EARNINGS
 
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes decreased 60% to $597 million compared with $1,501 million in 2001. Net earnings, on this basis, were $440 million compared with $1,102 million in 2001. Basic earnings per share decreased to $.23 from $.57 in 2001 and diluted earnings per share decreased to $.23 from $.56 in 2001. The effective income tax rate on earnings before income taxes was 26.3% compared with 26.6% in 2001.
 
SIX MONTHS RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Worldwide sales for the first six months of 2002 decreased 13% (12% excluding foreign exchange) to $8,135 million in 2002 from $9,398 million in 2001. This sales decline resulted from a 9% decrease in volume, a 1% decrease due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations and a 3% decrease due to changes in selling prices. Excluding the rebate adjustment recorded in the first quarter of 2002, selling prices decreased 1% from the prior year.
 
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International sales increased 7% (11% excluding foreign exchange) and domestic sales decreased 23%. Sales for the six months include $805 million of sales related to the DuPont acquisition.
 
As previously discussed, nearly half of the total earnings per share impact of the workdown of domestic wholesaler inventory to desired levels was achieved in the first half of 2002. As a result, diluted earnings per share for the first six months was reduced by an estimated $.29.
 
 
Pharmaceuticals
 
Sales for the pharmaceuticals segment decreased 19% (17% excluding foreign exchange) to $6,408 million from $7,869 million in 2001. Domestic pharmaceutical sales decreased 31% to $3,792 million in 2002 from $5,466 million in 2001 due to wholesaler inventory workdown and generic competition for GLUCOPHAGE IR, TAXOL*, and BUSPAR*.
 
International sales for the pharmaceuticals segment increased 9% (13% excluding foreign exchange). Sales in Europe increased 14% (17% excluding foreign exchange) primarily due to strong sales of PRAVACHOL* across the region and the addition of new products from the DuPont acquisition. Japan realized sales growth of 2% (13% excluding foreign exchange) led by growth in TAXOL* sales.
 
Sales of selected products are as follows:
 
 
 
Worldwide sales of PRAVACHOL*, our cholesterol-lowering agent, increased 6% to $1,016 million.
 
 
 
Sales of PLAVIX increased 27% to $780 million from $615 million in 2001. Sales of AVAPRO increased 32% to $292 million.
 
 
 
Sales of SUSTIVA*, a product acquired from DuPont, were $267 million.
 
 
 
Sales of Oncology Therapeutics Network (OTN) were $873 million, an increase of 29% over prior year.
 
Earnings before income taxes for the pharmaceuticals segment declined to $762 million from $2,355 million in 2001. The decline in earnings before income taxes is primarily the result of the workdown in U.S. wholesalers inventory levels.
 
 
Nutritionals
 
Sales for the nutritionals segment were $952 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002, an increase of 1% (2% excluding foreign exchange) from prior year. Mead Johnson continues to be the leader in the U.S. infant formula market. ENFAMIL*, our largest-selling infant formula, recorded sales of $389 million, an increase of 2% from the prior year.
 
Earnings before income taxes for the nutritionals segment increased to $249 million in 2002 from $231 million in 2001. This increase in earnings before income taxes is driven by favorable sales mix and manufacturing efficiencies.
 
 
Other Healthcare
 
Other Healthcare is comprised of the ConvaTec, Medical Imaging and the Consumer Medicines (U.S. and Japan only) businesses.
 
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ConvaTec sales increased 3% (5% excluding foreign exchange) to $358 million. Sales of ostomy products increased 2% (4% excluding foreign exchange) to $222 million, while sales of modern wound care products increased 9% (11% excluding foreign exchange) to $132 million.
 
 
 
Medical Imaging sales were $222 million, driven by CARDIOLITE* sales of $142 million.
 
 
 
U.S./Japan Consumer Medicines sales decreased 17% (15% excluding foreign exchange) to $195 million, primarily due to lower sales of Excedrin in the U.S.
 
Earnings before income taxes for the other healthcare segment increased to $178 million in 2002 from $99 million in 2001 primarily as a result of the addition of the Medical Imaging business from the DuPont acquisition and strong growth in the ConvaTec business.
 
 
OPERATING EXPENSES
 
Total expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2002, as a percentage of sales, increased to 83.8% from 66.1% in 2001, largely due to the reduction in sales as a result of the U.S. wholesaler inventory workdown and the increase in cost of products sold.
 
Cost of products sold, as a percentage of sales, increased to 34.3% from 28.0% in 2001. This increase is primarily due to higher cost of goods sold in the U.S. as a result of increased sales from the Oncology Therapeutics Network (a specialty distributor of anticancer medicines and related products) and from a change in product mix, attributable to the U.S. wholesaler inventory workdown and a decline in GLUCOPHAGE IR, TAXOL* and BUSPAR* sales.
 
Marketing, selling, and administrative expenses decreased 2% from $1,877 million in 2001 to $1,837 million in 2002. As a percentage of sales, marketing, selling and administrative expenses increased to 22.5% in the second quarter of 2002 from 20.0% in 2001, due to lower sales in 2002.
 
Expenditures for advertising and promotion declined 15% to $678 million from $801 million in 2001, primarily as a result of reduced direct-to-consumer spend. As a percentage of sales, advertising and promotion expenditures slightly decreased to 8.3% in 2002 from 8.5% in 2001.
 
Research and development expenditures increased 4% to $1,048 million from $1,003 million in 2001. Pharmaceutical research and development spending increased 3% over the prior year, and as a percentage of pharmaceutical sales, was 15.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 12.4% in the same period in 2001.
 
Other (income) expense was $358 million of expense in the first six months 2002 versus $101 million of income in the same period of 2001. The expense in 2002 is primarily due to interest expense related to the issuance of long-term debt for the DuPont and ImClone transactions, and litigation charges. The income in 2001 is mainly comprised of gains on the sale of ESTRACE* tablets and the Apothecon business plus the settlement of the gain on the sale of Matrix.
 
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EARNINGS
 
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes decreased 59% to $1,315 million compared with $3,188 million in 2001. Net earnings, on this basis, were $1,025 million compared with $2,345 million in 2001. Basic earnings per share decreased to $.53 from $1.21 in 2001 and diluted earnings per share decreased to $.53 from $1.19 in 2001. The effective income tax rate on earnings before income taxes was 22.1% compared with 26.4% in 2001. The decrease in the effective tax rate was due to lower pretax income in the U.S as a result of the nonrecurring items.
 
During the first six months of 2002, we recorded certain nonrecurring items that affected continuing operations, including a reduction in pretax earnings in the amount of $262 million as a result of an adjustment to the accrual for estimated Medicaid and prime vendor rebates relating to increases in domestic wholesaler inventories in 2000 and 2001; a pretax charge of $125 million for litigation, including the Watson Pharmaceutical settlement; a pretax in-process research and development charge of $112 million related to the first payment under the revised agreement with ImClone; and a pretax gain of $30 million on the sale of two branded products. Nonrecurring items recorded in the first six months of 2002 reduced diluted earnings per share by $.15.
 
 
FINANCIAL POSITION
 
Our balance sheet at June 30, 2002 and our statement of cash flows for the six months then ended reflect our strong financial position. We continue to maintain a high level of working capital, $3.2 billion at June 30, 2002, decreasing from $3.5 billion at December 31, 2001. Net assets related to discontinued operations of $948 million are included in the balance sheet at June 30, 2001.
 
Inventory increased to $1,646 million from the December 31, 2001 balance of $1,487 million. The increase in 2002 is primarily the result of the workdown of inventory levels at U.S. wholesalers.
 
Short-Term borrowings were $785 million compared with $174 million at December 31, 2001, primarily as a result of the issuance of commercial paper.
 
Long-Term Debt decreased to $6.1 billion from the December 31, 2001 year-end level of $6.2 billion. In 2002, our long-term credit ratings, from both Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s credit rating agencies were reduced from Aaa/AAA to Aa2 and AA, respectively.
 
As a result of our investment in manufacturing and research facilities, additions to fixed assets for the six months ended June 30, 2002 increased to $477 million from $411 million for the same period of 2001.
 
Net cash used in operating activities was $680 million in 2002 as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $2,383 million in 2001. The use of cash in 2002 is attributable to income tax payments of $1,755 million, which is primarily related to taxes on the gain arising from the sale of the Clairol business. The additional decrease in cash from operating activities is mainly due to lower net earnings. Cash flows from operating and investing activities of Discontinued Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2001 were $119 million.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2002, we purchased 3.1 million shares of common stock at a total cost of $117 million.
 
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
The use of estimates and judgments are an inherent part of our accounting policies. Some of those judgments can be subjective and complex. The accounting policies for the following areas are deemed noteworthy as they involve estimates or subjective judgments:
 
 
1.
 
Sales rebate accruals—Medicaid and prime vendors sales rebate accruals are established in the same period the related revenue is recognized resulting in a reduction to sales and the establishment of a liability. An accrual is recorded based on an estimate of the proportion of recorded revenue that will result in a rebate. Managed healthcare sales rebate accruals, which are also recorded as reductions to sales, are established based on the expected amounts due to managed care plans for rebates associated with performance measurements related to prescriptions sold to those plans’ patients during the period.
 
 
2.
 
Acquired in-process research and development—the fair value of acquired in-process research and development is determined by an independent appraisal and based on the present value of a research project’s projected cash flows, utilizing an income approach, and is generally charged to earnings if regulatory approval has not been obtained for the acquired technology or compound.
 
 
3.
 
Intangible Assets—consist of patents/trademarks, technology and licenses and are amortized on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from 3 to 17 years. Intangible assets are periodically reviewed for impairment based on an assessment of future operations (including cash flows).
 
 
4.
 
Equity Investment in ImClone—we review this investment for impairment based on our judgment whether the decline in market value of ImClone’s shares is other than temporary.
 
 
5.
 
Contingencies—in the normal course of business, we are subject to contingencies, including legal proceedings and claims arising out of our business that cover a wide range of matters, including among others, product liability and environmental liability. We record accruals for such contingencies based upon our assessment of the probability of occurrence and, when determinable, an estimate of the liability.
 
Because of the uncertainty of factors surrounding the estimates or judgments used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements actual results may vary from these estimates.
 
 
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
 
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q (including documents incorporated by reference) includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding, among other things, statements relating to goals, plans and projections regarding our financial position, results of operations, market position, product development and business strategy. These statements may be identified by the fact that they use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. These factors include, among other things, market factors, competitive product development, changes to wholesaler inventory levels, governmental regulations and legislation, patent positions and litigation. There can be no guarantees with respect to pipeline products that future clinical studies will support the data described in this release, that the products will receive regulatory approvals, or that they will prove to be commercially successful. For further details and a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, see Item 7 in our Form 10-K filing for the 2001 fiscal year under the heading “Forward Looking Information”. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.     Legal Proceedings
 
The most significant lawsuits, claims and proceedings pending against the company and certain of its subsidiaries are discussed in Part I, Item 3, in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 and material developments in such and other matters in the six month period ended June 30, 2002 are described below.
 
 
TAXOL* Litigation
 
In 1997 and 1998, we filed several lawsuits alleging that a number of generic drug companies infringed our patents covering methods of administering paclitaxel when they filed Abbreviated New Drug Applications seeking regulatory approval to sell paclitaxel. These actions were consolidated for discovery in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (District Court). We did not assert a monetary claim against any of the defendants, but sought to prevent the defendants from marketing paclitaxel in a manner that violates our patents. The defendants asserted that they did not infringe our patents and that these patents are invalid and unenforceable.
 
In early 2000, the District Court invalidated most claims of our patents. On April 20, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court’s summary judgment of the invalidity of all but two claims of the patents at issue. Those two claims relate to the low-dose, three-hour administration of paclitaxel in which the patient is given a specified regimen of premedicants before the administration of paclitaxel. The appellate court remanded those two claims to the District Court for further proceedings. In 2001 we filed an additional patent infringement suit against another company seeking to market generic paclitaxel.
 
In September 2000, one of the defendants received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for paclitaxel and is marketing the product. Additional final approvals have since been announced by the FDA and sales of additional generic products have begun.
 
Some of the defendants asserted counterclaims seeking damages for alleged antitrust and unfair competition violations. We believed our patents were valid when we filed the suits, and the counterclaims asserted are believed to be without merit. The lawsuits with four of the defendants have been settled with the defendants agreeing to drop all claims relating to paclitaxel and our granting licenses to the four defendants under certain paclitaxel patent rights. We are considering our options with respect to the two remaining patent infringement defendants.
 
Since the filing of the initial patent infringement suits, six private actions have been filed by parties alleging antitrust, consumer protection and similar claims relating to our actions to obtain and enforce patent rights. The plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment, damages (treble and/or punitive where allowed), disgorgement and injunctive relief. In June 2002, a group of 29 state attorneys general brought similar claims. In September 2000, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiated an investigation relating to paclitaxel. At this time, the FTC has not brought any claims against us relating to paclitaxel, nor has it indicated whether any such claims will be brought. We are cooperating in these investigations.
 
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BUSPAR* Litigation
 
On November 21, 2000, we obtained a patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,150,365 (‘365 patent), relating to a method of using BUSPAR* or buspirone. We submitted timely information relating to the ‘365 patent to the FDA for listing in a FDA publication commonly known as the “Orange Book,” and the FDA thereafter listed the patent in the Orange Book.
 
Delisting Suits. Generic-drug manufacturers sued the FDA and the company to compel the delisting of the ‘365 patent from the Orange Book. Although one district court declined to order the delisting of the ‘365 patent, another ordered us to cause the delisting of the patent from the Orange Book. We complied with the court’s order but appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Federal Circuit reversed the district court that ordered the delisting.
 
Patent Suits. We are seeking to enforce the ‘365 patent in actions against two generic drug manufacturers.
 
Antitrust Suits. Following the delisting of the ‘365 patent from the Orange Book, a number of purchasers of buspirone and several generic drug makers filed lawsuits against us alleging that it improperly triggered statutory marketing exclusivity. The attorneys general of approximately 40 states and Puerto Rico have also filed suit against us with parallel allegations. The plaintiffs have amended their allegations to include charges that a 1994 agreement between us and a generic company improperly blocked the entry of generic buspirone to the market. Plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment, damages (treble and/or punitive where allowed), disgorgement and injunctive relief.
 
Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) proceedings. The Judicial Panel on MDL granted our motions to have all of the patent and antitrust cases consolidated in a single forum. The court before which the buspirone litigations are now pending issued two opinions dated February 14, 2002. In the first opinion, the court found that the ‘365 patent does not cover uses of buspirone and therefore is not infringed. In the second opinion, the court denied our motion to dismiss the federal antitrust and state law claims. The second opinion allows the claims against us to proceed, except as to federal antitrust claims for damages accrued more than four years before the filing of the complaints.
 
Government Investigations. The FTC and a number of state attorneys general have initiated investigations concerning the listing of the ‘365 patent in the Orange Book. We are cooperating in these investigations. A number of attorneys general, but not all of them, filed an action against us, as noted earlier. The FTC is also investigating the 1994 agreement discussed above.
 
It is not possible at this time to make a reasonable assessment as to the final outcome of these lawsuits and investigations. If we were not to prevail in final, non-appealable determinations of these litigations and investigations the impact could be material.
 
 
Average Wholesale Pricing Litigation
 
We, together with a number of pharmaceutical manufacturers, are a defendant in a series of state and federal actions by private plaintiffs, brought as purported class actions, and complaints filed by the Attorneys General of two states, alleging that the manufacturers’ reporting of prices for certain products has resulted in a false and overstated Average Wholesale Price (AWP), which in turn improperly inflated the reimbursement paid by Medicare beneficiaries, insurers, state Medicaid programs, medical plans, and others to health care providers who prescribed and administered those products. The complaints variously assert claims under the federal RICO statute, the federal antitrust laws, Medicaid laws, state antitrust laws, state racketeering laws, and state consumer protection and fair trade statutes. In April, 2002, the federal actions were consolidated for pre-trial purposes and

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transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation. As to the state court actions, one has been stayed pending the consolidated action in Massachusetts, (The National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Welfare Fund and the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co.), a stay is sought in a second action, (The National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co.), and a third action was recently filed and served on the company, (Rice v. Bristol Myers Squibb, et al.). Plaintiffs seek damages as well as injunctive relief aimed at manufacturer price reporting practices. These cases are at a very preliminary stage and we are unable to assess the outcome and any possible effect on our business and profitability.
 
We, together with a number of other pharmaceutical manufacturers, also have received subpoenas and other document requests from various government agencies seeking records relating to its pricing and marketing practices for drugs covered by Medicare and/or Medicaid. The requests for records have come from, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, and several states.
 
We are producing documents and actively cooperating with these investigations, which could result in the assertion of criminal and/or civil claims. We are unable to assess the outcome of these investigations, which could include the imposition of fines, penalties and administrative remedies.
 
 
Securities Matters
 
In April, May and June 2000, the company, its former chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., and its chief scientific officer, Peter S. Ringrose, Ph.D., were named as defendants in a number of class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal securities laws and regulations. These actions have been consolidated into one action for pretrial proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiff claims that the defendants disseminated materially false and misleading statements and failed to disclose information concerning the safety and expected availability of its product VANLEV during the period November 8, 1999, through April 19, 2000. The plaintiff seeks compensatory damages, costs and expenses.
 
In March-May 2002, the company and a number of its current and former officers were named as defendants in a number of securities class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal securities laws and regulations. The actions are pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs variously allege that the defendants disseminated materially false and misleading statements and failed to disclose material information concerning three different matters: (1) safety data of our product VANLEV, (2) our sales incentives to certain wholesalers and the inventory levels of those wholesalers, and (3) our investment in and relations with ImClone Systems, Inc., and ImClone’s product, Erbitux. The allegations of these actions cover the period September 2001 through March 2002. The plaintiffs seek compensatory damages, costs and expenses.
 
In April 2002, the SEC initiated an inquiry into our wholesaler inventory situation, which we anticipate may become a more formal investigation. We are cooperating with the SEC. We are not able to predict the outcome of this matter which by its nature, and particularly in the current environment, is uncertain. However, one possible outcome could be a restatement of our results reflecting the previously disclosed wholesaler inventory buildup. We believe our accounting treatment for the wholesaler inventory buildup was appropriate and, accordingly, believe that this outcome is unlikely.
 
It is not possible at this time to make a reasonable assessment of the final outcome of these matters and investigations. If we were not to prevail in final, non-appealable determinations of these litigations and investigations the impact could be material.
 

 
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Item 4 of the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002 is hereby incorporated by reference.
 
 
 
a)
 
Exhibits (listed by number corresponding to the Exhibit Table of Item 601 in Regulation S-K).
 
 
Exhibit Number and Description

    
Page

10a.
    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, effective as of May 6, 1997 and as amended effective July 17, 2002.
    
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1
 
-
 
1
10b.
    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, effective as of May 7, 2002 and as amended effective July 17, 2002.
    
E-
 
2
 
-
 
1
10q.
    
Form of agreement entered into between the Registrant and Wendy Dixon on March 20, 2002 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10q to the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1999).
    
N/A
10r.
    
Employment and Separation Agreement dated as of June 5, 2002 between the Registrant and Peter S. Ringrose.
    
E-
 
3
 
-
 
1
15.
    
Independent Accountants’ Awareness Letter.
    
E-
 
4
 
-
 
1
99.1.
    
Section 906 Certification Letter
    
E-
 
5
 
-
 
1
99.2.
    
Statement under oath of Principal Executive Officer dated August 14, 2002.
    
E-
 
6
 
-
 
1
99.3.
    
Statement under oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 14, 2002.
    
E-
 
7
 
-
 
1
 
b)
 
The Registrant did not file any reports on Form 8-K during the quarter ended June 30, 2002.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
           
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
(Registrant)
 
 
Date:    August 14, 2002
     
By:
 
/s/    PETER R. DOLAN        

               
Peter R. Dolan
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Date:    August 14, 2002
     
By:
 
/s/    HARRISON M. BAINS, JR.        

               
Harrison M. Bains, Jr.
Vice President – Tax and Treasury and
Acting Chief Financial Officer

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EX-10.(A) 3 dex10a.htm BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 1997 STOCK INCENTIVE Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1997 Stock Incentive
Exhibit 10a
 
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
1997 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(as amended and restated as of July 16, 2002)
 
1.  Purpose:    The purpose of the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan is to secure for the Company and its stockholders the benefits of the incentive inherent in common stock ownership by the officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who will be largely responsible for the Company’s future growth and continued financial success and by providing long-term incentives in addition to current compensation to certain key executives of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who contribute significantly to the long-term performance and growth of the Company and such Subsidiaries and Affiliates. It is intended that the former purpose will be effected through the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalents and/or restricted stock under the Plan and that the latter purpose will be effected through an award conditionally granting performance units or performance shares under the Plan, either independently or in conjunction with and related to a nonqualified stock option grant under the Plan.
 
 
2.  Definitions:    For purposes of this Plan:
 
(a)  “Affiliate” shall mean any entity in which the Company has an ownership interest of at least 20%.
 
(b)  “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
(c)  “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock (par value $.10 per share).
 
(d)  “Company” shall mean the Issuer (the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company), its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
 
(e)  “Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean qualifying for and receiving payments under a disability pay plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.
 
(f)  “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
(g)  “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average of the high and low sale prices of a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. composite tape on the date of measurement or on any date as determined by the Committee and if there were no trades on such date, on the day on which a trade occurred next preceding such date.
 
(h)  “Issuer” shall mean the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
 
(i)  “Prior Plan” shall mean the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1983 Stock Option Plan as amended and restated effective as of October 1, 2001.
 
(j)  “Retirement” shall mean termination of the employment of an employee with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate on or after (i) the employee’s 65th birthday or (ii) the employee’s 55th birthday if the employee has completed 10 years of service with the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates. For purposes of this Section

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2(j) and all other purposes of this Plan, Retirement shall also mean termination of employment of an employee with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate for any reason (other than the employee’s death, disability, resignation, willful misconduct or activity deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company) where, on termination, (iii) the employee’s age plus years of service (rounded up to the next higher whole number) equals at least 70 and the employee has completed 10 years of service with the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates provided the Optionee executes a general release agreement and, where applicable, a non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreement with the Company or (iv) the employee is at least 50 years of age and the employee has completed 10 years of service with the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates provided the Optionee executes a general release agreement and, where applicable, a non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreement with the Company. This section 2(j)(iv) shall expire on January 31, 2003.
 
Furthermore, an employee who makes an election to retire under Article 19 of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Retirement Income Plan (the “Retirement Income Plan”) shall have any additional years of age and service which are credited under Article 19 of the Retirement Income Plan taken into account when determining such employee’s age and service under this Section 2(j). Such election shall be deemed a Retirement for purposes of this Section 2(j) and all other purposes of this Plan.
 
(k)  “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation which at the time qualifies as a subsidiary of the Company under the definition of “subsidiary corporation” in Section 424 of the Code.
 
 
3.  Amount of Stock:    The amount of stock which may be made subject to grants of options or awards of performance units under the Plan in calendar year 1997 shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of shares available for, and not made subject to, grants of options or awards under the Prior Plan as of February 28, 1997. With respect to each succeeding year, the amount of stock which may be made subject to grants of options or awards of performance units under the Plan shall not exceed an amount equal to (i) 0.9% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock on January 1 of such year plus, subject to this Section 3, (ii) in any year the number of shares equal to the amount of shares that were available for grants and awards in the prior year but were not made subject to a grant or award in such prior year and (iii) the number of shares that were subject to options or awards granted hereunder or under the Prior Plan, which options or awards terminated or expired in the prior year without being exercised, or (iv) the number of shares participants tendered in the prior year to pay the purchase price of options in accordance with Section 6(b)(5), and (v) the number of shares the Company retained or caused participants to surrender in the prior year to satisfy Withholding Tax requirements in accordance with Section 11. No individual may be granted options or awards under Sections 6, 7 or 8 in the aggregate, in respect of more than 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in a calendar year, as adjusted to reflect the February 5, 1999 two-for-one stock split; and subject to further adjustment in number and kind pursuant to Section 10. Aggregate shares issued under performance share awards made pursuant to Section 7 and restricted stock awards made pursuant to Section 8 may not exceed 20,000,000 shares over the life of the Plan, as adjusted to reflect the February 5, 1999 two-for-one stock split; and subject to further adjustment in number and kind pursuant to Section 10. Common Stock issued hereunder may be authorized and reissued shares or issued shares acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries on the market or otherwise.
 
 
4.  Administration:    The Plan shall be administered under the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company which shall exercise its powers, to the extent herein provided, through the agency of a Compensation and Management Development Committee (the “Committee”) which shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Committee shall consist of not less than three (3) members of the Board who meet the definition of “outside director” under the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code and the definition of “non-employee directors” under the provisions of the Exchange Act or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. No member of the Committee shall have been within one year prior to appointment to, or while serving on, the Committee granted or awarded equity securities of the Company pursuant to this or any other plan of the Company except to the extent that participation in any such plan or receipt of any such grant or award would not adversely affect the Committee member’s status as a “nonemployee director” or as an “outside director”.
 
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and purposes of the Plan and make such other determinations, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem appropriate. The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan by the Committee shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, be final and conclusive.
 
The Committee shall maintain a written record of its proceedings. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved in writing, shall be the acts of the Committee.
 
 
5.  Eligibility:    Options and awards may be granted only to present or future officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, including Subsidiaries and Affiliates which become such after the adoption of the Plan. Any officer or key employee of the Company or of any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall be eligible to receive one or more options or awards under the Plan. Any director who is not an officer or employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and any member of the Committee, during the time of the member’s service as such or thereafter, shall be ineligible to receive an option or award under the Plan. The adoption of this Plan shall not be deemed to give any officer or employee any right to an award or to be granted an option to purchase Common Stock of the Company, except to the extent and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee.
 
 
6.  Stock Options:    Stock options under the Plan shall consist of incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code or nonqualified stock options (options not intended to qualify as incentive stock options), as the Committee shall determine. In addition, the Committee may grant stock appreciation rights in conjunction with an option, as set forth in Section 6(b)(11), or may grant awards in conjunction with an option, as set forth in Section 6(b)(10) (an “Associated Option”).
 
Each option shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
(a)  Grant of Options.    The Committee shall (1) select the officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to whom options may from time to time be granted, (2) determine whether incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options are to be granted, (3) determine the number of shares to be covered by each option so granted, (4) determine the terms and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) of any option granted hereunder (including but not limited to restrictions upon the options, conditions of their exercise, or on the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof), (5) determine whether nonqualified stock options or incentive stock options granted under the Plan shall include stock appreciation rights and, if so, shall determine the terms and conditions thereof in accordance with Section 6(b)(11) hereof, (6) determine whether any nonqualified stock options granted under the Plan shall be Associated Options, and (7) prescribe the form of the instruments necessary or advisable in the administration of options.
 
(b)  Terms and Conditions of Option.    Any option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement entered into by the Company and the optionee, in such form as the Committee shall approve, which agreement shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan, and in the case of an incentive stock option not inconsistent with the provisions of the Code applicable to incentive stock options, as the Committee shall prescribe:
 
(1)  Number of Shares Subject to an Option.    The Stock Option Agreement shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Agreement. If the option is an Associated Option, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Associated Option shall initially be equal to the number of performance units or performance shares subject to the award, but one share of Common Stock shall be canceled for each performance unit or performance share paid out under the award.
 
(2)  Option Price.    The purchase price per share of Common Stock purchasable under an option will be determined by the Committee but will be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of the grant of such option.

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(3)  Option Period.    The period of each option shall be fixed by the Committee, but no option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the option is granted.
 
(4)  Consideration.    Each optionee, as consideration for the grant of an option, shall remain in the continuous employ of the Company or of one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for at least one year or such lesser period as the Committee shall so determine in its sole discretion from the date of the granting of such option, and no option shall be exercisable until after the completion of such one year or lesser period of employment by the optionee.
 
(5)  Exercise of Option.    An option may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time during the option period (or, if determined by the Committee, in specified installments during the option period) by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of shares to be purchased, such notice to be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase price and Withholding Taxes (as defined in Section 11 hereof), unless an election to defer receipt of shares is made under Section 12, due either by (i) certified or bank check (2) in shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by the optionee having a Fair Market Value at the date of exercise equal to such purchase price, or in a combination of the foregoing; provided, however, that payment in shares of Common Stock of the Company will not be permitted unless at least 100 shares of Common Stock are required and delivered for such purpose, (iii) in any combination of the foregoing, or (iv) by any other method authorized by the Committee. At its discretion, the Committee may modify or suspend any method for the exercise of stock options, including any of the methods specified in the previous sentence. Delivery of shares for exercising an option shall be made either through the physical delivery of shares or through an appropriate certification or attestation of valid ownership. No shares shall be issued until full payment therefor has been made. An optionee shall have the rights of a stockholder only with respect to shares of stock for which certificates have been issued to the optionee.
 
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Company may, in its sole discretion, allow the exercise of a lapsed grant if the Company determines that: (i) the lapse was solely the result of the Company’s inability to execute the exercise of an option award due to conditions beyond the Company’s control and (ii) the optionee made valid and reasonable efforts to exercise the award. In the event the Company makes such a determination, the Company shall allow the exercise to occur as promptly as possible following its receipt of exercise instructions subsequent to such determination.
 
(6)  Nontransferability of Options.    No option or stock appreciation right granted under the Plan shall be transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and such option or stock appreciation right shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may set forth in a Stock Option Agreement at the time of grant or thereafter, that the options (other than Incentive Stock Options) may be transferred to members of the optionee’s immediate family, to trusts solely for the benefit of such immediate family members and to partnerships in which such family members and/or trusts are the only partners. For this purpose, immediate family means the optionee’s spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, grandchildren and legal dependants. Any transfer of options made under this provision will not be effective until notice of such transfer is delivered to the Company.
 
(7)  Retirement and Termination of Employment Other than by Death or Disability.    If an optionee shall cease to be employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for any reason (other than termination of employment by reason of death or Disability) after the optionee shall have been continuously so employed for one year after the granting of the option, the option shall be exercisable only to the extent that the optionee was otherwise entitled to exercise it at the time of such cessation of employment with the Company, Subsidiary or Affiliate, but in no event after the expiration of the option period set forth therein except that in the case of cessation of employment other than by reason of Retirement or death, the option shall in no event be exercisable after the date three months next succeeding such cessation of employment.

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The Plan does not confer upon any optionee any right with respect to continuation of employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
 
(8)  Disability of Optionee.    An optionee who ceases to be employed by reason of Disability shall be treated as though the optionee remained in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate until the earlier of (i) cessation of payments under a disability pay plan of the Company, Subsidiary or Affiliate, (ii) the optionee’s death, or (iii) the optionee’s 65th birthday.
 
(9)  Death of Optionee.    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (13), in the event of the optionee’s death (i) while in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (ii) while Disabled as described in subsection (8) or (iii) after cessation of employment due to Retirement, the option shall be fully exercisable by the executors, administrators, legatees or distributees of the optionee’s estate, as the case may be, at any time following such death. In the event of the optionee’s death after cessation of employment for any reason other than Disability or Retirement, the option shall be exercisable by the executors, administrators, legatees or distributees of the optionee’s estate, as the case may be, at any time during the twelve month period following such death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall an option be exercisable unless the optionee shall have been continuously employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for a period of at least one year after the option grant, and no option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option period set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. In the event any option is exercised by the executors, administrators, legatees or distributees of the estate of a deceased optionee, the Company shall be under no obligation to issue stock thereunder unless and until the Company is satisfied that the person or persons exercising the option are the duly appointed legal representatives of the deceased optionee’s estate or the proper legatees or distributees thereof.
 
(10)  Long-Term Performance Awards.    The Committee may from time to time grant nonqualified stock options under the Plan in conjunction with and related to an award of performance units or performance shares made under a Long-Term Performance Award as set forth in Section 7(b)(11). In such event, notwithstanding any other provision hereof, (i) the number of shares to which the Associated Option applies shall initially be equal to the number of performance units or performance shares granted by the award, but such number of shares shall be reduced on a one-share-for-one unit or share basis to the extent that the Committee determines pursuant to the terms of the award, to pay to the optionee or the optionee’s beneficiary the performance units or performance shares granted pursuant to such award; and (ii) such Associated Option shall be cancelable in the discretion of the Committee, without the consent of the optionee, under the conditions and to the extent specified in the award.
 
(11)  Stock Appreciation Rights.    In the case of any option granted under the Plan, either at the time of grant or by amendment of such option at any time after such grant there may be included a stock appreciation right which shall be subject to such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee shall impose, including the following:
 
(A)  A stock appreciation right shall be exercisable to the extent, and only to the extent, that the option in which it is included is at the time exercisable, and may be exercised within such period only at such time or times as may be determined by the Committee;
 
(B)  A stock appreciation right shall entitle the optionee (or any person entitled to act under the provisions of subsection (9) hereof) to surrender unexercised the option in which the stock appreciation right is included (or any portion of such option) to the Company and to receive from the Company in exchange therefor that number of shares having an aggregate value equal to (or, in the discretion of the Committee, less than) the excess of the value of one share (provided such value does not exceed such multiple of the option price per share as may be specified by the Committee) over the option price per share specified in such option times the number of shares called for by the option, or

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portion thereof, which is so surrendered. The Committee shall be entitled to cause the Company to settle its obligation, arising out of the exercise of a stock appreciation right, by the payment of cash equal to the aggregate value of the shares the Company would otherwise be obligated to deliver or partly by the payment of cash and partly by the delivery of shares. Any such election shall be made within 30 business days after the receipt by the Committee of written notice of the exercise of the stock appreciation right. The value of a share for this purpose shall be the Fair Market Value thereof on the last business day preceding the date of the election to exercise the stock appreciation right;
 
(C)  No fractional shares shall be delivered under this subsection (11) but in lieu thereof a cash adjustment shall be made;
 
(D)  If a stock appreciation right included in an option is exercised, such option shall be deemed to have been exercised to the extent of the number of shares called for by the option or portion thereof which is surrendered on exercise of the stock appreciation right and no new option may be granted covering such shares under this Plan; and
 
(E)  If an option which includes a stock appreciation right is exercised, such stock appreciation right shall be deemed to have been canceled to the extent of the number of shares called for by the option or portion thereof is exercised and no new stock appreciation rights may be granted covering such shares under this Plan.
 
(12)  Incentive Stock Options.    In the case of any incentive stock option granted under the Plan, the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock of the Company (determined at the time of grant of each option) with respect to which incentive stock options granted under the Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent or a Subsidiary which are exercisable for the first time by an employee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000 or such other amount as may be required by the Code. In any year, the maximum number of shares with respect to which incentive stock options may be granted shall not exceed 8,000,000 shares, as adjusted to reflect the February 5, 1999 two-for-one stock split and subject to further adjustment pursuant to Section 10.
 
(13)  Rights of Transferee.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if an option has been transferred in accordance with Section 6(b)(6), the option shall be exercisable solely by the transferee. The option shall remain subject to the provisions of the Plan, including that it will be exercisable only to the extent that the optionee or optionee’s estate would have been entitled to exercise it if the optionee had not transferred the option. In the event of the death of the optionee prior to the expiration of the right to exercise the transferred option, the period during which the option shall be exercisable will terminate on the date one year following the date of the optionee’s death. In the event of the death of the transferee prior to the expiration of the right to exercise the option, the period during which the option shall be exercisable by the executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of the transferee’s estate, as the case may be, will terminate on the date one year following the date of the transferee’s death. In no event will be the option be exercisable after the expiration of the option period set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. The option shall be subject to such other rules as the Committee shall determine.
 
(14)  Change in Control.    In the event an optionee’s employment with the Company terminates for a qualifying reason during the three (3) year period following a change in control of the Company and prior to the exercise of options granted under this Plan, all outstanding options shall become immediately fully vested and exercisable notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan or of the applicable stock option agreement to the contrary.
 
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(1)  The date any Person (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act) shall have become the direct or indirect beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the then outstanding common shares of the Company;
 
(2)  The date the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent at least 75% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company in which no Person acquires more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;
 
(3)  The date the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets;
 
(4)  The date there shall have been a change in a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company within a two (2) year period unless the nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders of each new director was approved by the vote of two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were in office at the beginning of the two (2) year period.
 
(B)  For purposes of this Plan provision, a qualifying termination shall be deemed to have occurred under the following circumstances:
 
(1)  A Company initiated termination for reason other than the employee’s death, disability, resignation without good cause, willful misconduct or activity deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company provided the optionee executes a general release and, where applicable, a non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreement with the Company;
 
(2)  The optionee resigns with good cause, which includes (i) a substantial adverse alternation in the nature or status of the optionee’s responsibilities, (ii) a reduction in the optionee’s base salary and/or levels of entitlement or participation under any incentive plan, award program or employee benefit program without the substitution or implementation of an alternative arrangement of substantially equal value, or, (iii) the Company requiring the optionee to relocate to a work location more than fifty (50) miles from his/her work location prior to the change in control.
 
 
7.  Long-term Performance Awards:    Awards under the Plan shall consist of the conditional grant to the participants of a specified number of performance units or performance shares. The conditional grant of a performance unit to a participant will entitle the participant to receive a specified dollar value, variable under conditions specified in the award, if the performance objectives specified in the award are achieved and the other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied. The conditional grant of a performance share to a participant will entitle the participant to receive a specified number of shares of Common Stock of the Company, or the equivalent cash value, if the objective(s) specified in the award are achieved and the other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied.
 
Each award will be subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
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Subsidiaries and Affiliates to whom awards may from time to time be granted, (2) determine the number of performance units or performance shares covered by each award, (3) determine the terms and conditions of each performance unit or performance share awarded and the award period and performance objectives with respect to each award, (4) determine the periods during which a participant may request the Committee to approve deferred payment of a percentage (not less than 25%) of an award (the “Deferred Portion”) and the interest or rate of return thereon or the basis on which such interest or rate of return thereon is to be determined, (5) determine whether payment with respect to the portion of an award which has not been deferred (the “Current Portion”) and the payment with respect to the Deferred Portion of an award shall be made entirely in cash, entirely in Common Stock or partially in cash and partially in Common Stock, (6) determine whether the award is to be made independently of or in conjunction with a nonqualified stock option granted under the Plan, and (7) prescribe the form of the instruments necessary or advisable in the administration of the awards.
 
(b)  Terms and Conditions of Award.    Any award conditionally granting performance units or performance shares to a participant shall be evidenced by a Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement, as applicable, executed by the Company and the participant, in such form as the Committee shall approve, which Agreement shall contain in substance the following terms and conditions applicable to the award and such additional terms and conditions as the Committee shall prescribe:
 
(1)  Number and Value of Performance Units.    The Performance Unit Agreement shall specify the number of performance units conditionally granted to the participant. If the award has been made in conjunction with the grant of an Associated Option, the number of performance units granted shall initially be equal to the number of shares which the participant is granted the right to purchase pursuant to the Associated Option, but one performance unit shall be canceled for each share of the Company’s Common Stock purchased upon exercise of the Associated Option or for each stock appreciation right included in such option that has been exercised. The Performance Unit Agreement shall specify the threshold, target and maximum dollar values of each performance unit and corresponding performance objectives as provided under Section 6(b)(5). No payout under a performance unit award to an individual Participant may exceed 0.15% of the pre-tax earnings of the Company for the fiscal year which coincides with the final year of the performance unit period.
 
(2)  Number and Value of Performance Shares.    The Performance Share Agreement shall specify the number of performance shares conditionally granted to the participant. If the award has been made in conjunction with the grant of an Associated Option, the number of performance shares granted shall initially be equal to the number of shares which the participant is granted the right to purchase pursuant to the Associated Option, but one performance share shall be canceled for each share of the Company’s Common Stock purchased upon exercise of the Associated Option or for each stock appreciation right included in such option that has been exercised. The Performance Share Agreement shall specify that each Performance Share will have a value equal to one (1) share of Common Stock of the Company.
 
(3)  Award Periods.    For each award, the Committee shall designate an award period with a duration to be determined by the Committee in its discretion but in no event less than three calendar years within which specified performance objectives are to be attained. There may be several award periods in existence at any one time and the duration of performance objectives may differ from each other.
 
(4)  Consideration.    Each participant, as consideration for the award of performance units or performance shares, shall remain in the continuous employ of the Company or of one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for at least one year or such lesser period as the Committee shall so determine in its sole discretion after the date of the making of such award, and no award shall be payable until after the completion of such one year or lesser period of employment by the participant.
 
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Company for each award period on the basis of such criteria and to accomplish such objectives as the Committee may from time to time determine. Performance criteria for awards under the Plan may include one or more of the following measures of the operating performance:
 
a.  Earnings
 
d.  Financial return ratios
b.  Revenue
 
e.  Total Shareholder Return
c.  Operating or net cash flows
 
f.  Market share
 
The Committee shall establish the specific targets for the selected criteria. These targets may be set at a specific level or may be expressed as relative to the comparable measure at comparison companies or a defined index. These targets may be based upon the total Company or upon a defined business unit which the executive has responsibility for or influence over.
 
(6)  Determination and Payment of Performance Units or Performance Shares Earned.    As soon as practicable after the end of an award period, the Committee shall determine the extent to which awards have been earned on the basis of the Company’s actual performance in relation to the established performance objectives as set forth in the Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement and certify these results in writing. The Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement shall specify that as soon as practicable after the end of each award period, the Committee shall determine whether the conditions of Sections 7(b)(4) and 7(b)(5) hereof have been met and, if so, shall ascertain the amount payable or shares which should be distributed to the participant in respect of the performance units or performance shares. As promptly as practicable after it has determined that an amount is payable or should be distributed in respect of an award, the Committee shall cause the Current Portion of such award to be paid or distributed to the participant or the participant’s beneficiaries, as the case may be, in the Committee’s discretion, either entirely in cash, entirely in Common Stock or partially in cash and partially in Common Stock. The Deferred Portion of an award shall be contingently credited and payable to the participant over a deferred period and shall be credited with interest, rate of return, or other valuation as determined by the Committee. The Committee, in its discretion, shall determine the conditions upon, and method of, payment of such Deferred Portions and whether such payment will be made entirely in cash, entirely in Common Stock or partially in cash and partially in Common Stock.
 
In making the payment of an award in Common Stock hereunder, the cash equivalent of such Common Stock shall be determined by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the day the Committee designates the performance units shall be payable.
 
(7)  Nontransferability of Awards and Designation of Beneficiaries.    No award under this Section of the Plan shall be transferable by the participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, except that a participant may designate a beneficiary pursuant to the provisions hereof.
 
If any participant or the participant’s beneficiary shall attempt to assign the participant’s rights under the Plan in violation of the provisions thereof, the Company’s obligation to make any further payments to such participant or the participant’s beneficiaries shall forthwith terminate.
 
A participant may name one or more beneficiaries to receive any payment of an award to which the participant may be entitled under the Plan in the event of the participant’s death, on a form to be provided by the Committee. A participant may change the participant’s beneficiary designation from time to time in the same manner.
 
If no designated beneficiary is living on the date on which any payment becomes payable to a participant’s beneficiary, or if no beneficiary has been specified by the participant, such payment will be payable to the person or persons in the first of the following classes of successive preference:
 
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(ii)  Surviving children, equally,
 
(iii)  Surviving parents, equally,
 
(iv)  Surviving brothers and sisters, equally,
 
(v)  Executors or administrators
 
and the term “beneficiary” as used in the Plan shall include such person or persons.
 
(8)  Retirement and Termination of Employment Other Than by Death or Disability.    In the event of the Retirement prior to the end of an award period of a participant who has satisfied the one year employment requirement of Section 7(b)(4) with respect to an award prior to Retirement, the participant, or his estate, shall be entitled to a payment of such award at the end of the award period, pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the participant’s Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement, provided, however, that the participant shall be deemed to have earned that proportion (to the nearest whole unit or share) of the value of the performance units or performance shares granted to the participant under such award as the number of months of the award period which have elapsed since the first day of the calendar year in which the award was made to the end of the month in which the participant’s Retirement occurs, bears to the total number of months in the award period, subject to the attainment of performance objectives associated with the award as certified by the Committee. The participant’s right to receive any remaining performance units or performance shares shall be canceled and forfeited. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive, in whole or in part, such cancellation and forfeiture of any performance units or performance shares provided that any such action does not affect the award of any person covered by Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
Subject to Section 7(b)(6) hereof, the Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement shall specify that the right to receive the performance units or performance shares granted to such participant shall be conditional and shall be canceled, forfeited and surrendered if the participant’s continuous employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall terminate for any reason, other than the participant’s death, Disability or Retirement prior to the end of the award period.
 
(9)  Disability of Participant.    For the purposes of any award a participant who becomes Disabled shall be deemed to have suspended active employment by reason of Disability commencing on the date the participant becomes entitled to receive payments under a disability pay plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate and continuing until the date the participant is no longer entitled to receive such payments. In the event a participant becomes Disabled during an award period but only if the participant has satisfied the one year employment requirement of Section 7(b)(4) with respect to an award prior to becoming Disabled, upon the determination by the Committee of the extent to which an award has been earned pursuant to Section 7(b)(6) the participant shall be deemed to have earned that proportion (to the nearest whole unit) of the value of the performance units granted to the participants under such award as the number of months of the award period in which the participant was not Disabled bears to the total number of months in the award period subject to the attainment of the performance objectives associated with the award as certified by the Committee. The participant’s right to receive any remaining performance units shall be canceled and forfeited. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive, in whole or in part, such cancellation and forfeiture of any performance units or performance shares provided that any such action does not affect the award of any person covered by Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
(10)  Death of Participant.    In the event of the death prior to the end of an award period of a participant who has satisfied the one year employment requirement with respect to an award prior to the date of death, the participant’s beneficiaries or estate, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a payment of such award upon the end of the award period, pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the participant’s Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement, provided, however, that the participant shall be deemed to have earned that proportion (to the nearest whole unit or share) of the value of the performance units or performance shares granted to the participant under such award as the number of months of the award period

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which have elapsed since the first day of the calendar year in which the award was made to the end of the month in which the participant’s death occurs, bears to the total number of months in the award period. The participant’s right to receive any remaining performance units or performance shares shall be canceled and forfeited.
 
The Committee may, in its discretion, waive, in whole or in part, such cancellation and forfeiture of any performance units or performance shares.
 
(11)  Grant of Associated Option.    If the Committee determines that the conditional grant of performance units or performance shares under the Plan is to be made to a participant in conjunction with the grant of a nonqualified stock option under the Plan, the Committee shall grant the participant an Associated Option under the Plan subject to the terms and conditions of this subsection (11). In such event, such award under the Plan shall be contingent upon the participant’s being granted such an Associated Option pursuant to which: (i) the number of shares the optionee may purchase shall initially be equal to the number of performance units or performance shares conditionally granted by the award, (ii) such number of shares shall be reduced on a one-share-for-one-unit or share basis to the extent that the Committee determines, pursuant to Section 7(b)(6) hereof, to pay to the participant or the participant’s beneficiaries the performance units or performance shares conditionally granted pursuant to the award, and (iii) the Associated Option shall be cancelable in the discretion of the Committee, without the consent of the participant, under the conditions and to the extent specified herein and in Section 7(b)(6) hereof.
 
If no amount is payable in respect of the conditionally granted performance units or performance shares, the award and such performance units or performance shares shall be deemed to have been canceled, forfeited and surrendered, and the Associated Option, if any, shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms. If any amount is payable in respect of the performance units or performance shares and such units or shares were granted in conjunction with an Associated Option, the Committee shall, within 30 days after the determination of the Committee referred to in the first sentence of Section 7(b)(6), determine, in its sole discretion, either:
 
(A)  to cancel in full the Associated Option, in which event the value of the performance units or performance shares payable pursuant to Sections 7(b)(5) and (6) shall be paid or the performance shares shall be distributed;
 
(B)  to cancel in full the performance units or performance shares, in which event no amount shall be paid to the participant in respect thereof and no shares shall be distributed but the Associated Option shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms; or
 
(C)  to cancel some, but not all, of the performance units or performance shares, in which event the value of the performance units payable pursuant to Sections 7(b)(5) and (6) which have not been canceled shall be paid and/or the performance shares shall be distributed and the Associated Option shall be canceled with respect to that number of shares equal to the number of conditionally granted performance units or performance shares that remain payable.
 
Any action taken by the Committee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be uniform with respect to all awards having the same award period. If the Committee takes no such action, it shall be deemed to have determined to cancel in full the award in accordance with clause (b) above.
 
 
8.  Restricted Stock:    Restricted stock awards under the Plan shall consist of grants of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter provided.
 
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may from time to time be granted, (ii) determine the number of shares to be covered by each award granted, (iii) determine the terms and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) of any award granted hereunder, and (iv) prescribe the form of the agreement, legend or other instrument necessary or advisable in the administration of awards under the Plan.
 
(b)  Terms and Conditions of Awards:    Any restricted stock award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Agreement executed by the Issuer and the recipient, in such form as the Committee shall approve, which agreement shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall prescribe:
 
(1)  Number of Shares Subject to an Award:    The Restricted Stock Agreement shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Award.
 
(2)  Restriction Period:    The period of restriction applicable to each Award shall be established by the Committee but may not be less than one year. The Restriction Period applicable to each Award shall commence on the Award Date.
 
(3)  Consideration:    Each recipient, as consideration for the grant of an award, shall remain in the continuous employ of the Company for at least one year or such lesser period as the Committee shall so determine in its sole discretion from the date of the granting of such award, and any shares covered by such an award shall lapse if the recipient does not remain in the continuous employ of the Company for at least one year or lesser period from the date of the granting of the award.
 
(4)  Restriction Criteria:    The Committee shall establish the criteria upon which the restriction period shall be based. Restrictions may be based upon either the continued employment of the recipient or upon the attainment by the Company of one or more of the following measures of the operating performance:
 
a.  Earnings
  
d.  Financial return ratios
b.  Revenue
  
e.  Total Shareholder Return
c.  Operating or net cash flows
  
f.  Market share
 
The Committee shall establish the specific targets for the selected criteria. These targets may be set at a specific level or may be expressed as relative to the comparable measure at comparison companies or a defined index. Performance objectives may be established in combination with restrictions based upon the continued employment of the recipient. These targets may be based upon the total Company or upon a defined business unit which the executive has responsibility for or influence over.
 
In cases where objective performance criteria are established, the Committee shall determine the extent to which the criteria have been achieved and the corresponding level to which restrictions will be removed from the Award or the extent to which a participant’s right to receive an Award should be lapsed in cases where the performance criteria have not been met and shall certify these determinations in writing. The Committee may provide for the determination of the attainment of such restrictions in installments where deemed appropriate.
 
(c)  Terms and Conditions of Restrictions and Forfeitures:    The shares of Common Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:
 
(1)  During the Restriction Period, the participant will not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge or assign Restricted Stock awarded under this Plan.
 
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dividends and other distributions provided that distributions in the form of stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying Restricted Stock.
 
(3)  In the event of a participant’s retirement, death or disability prior to the end of the Restriction Period for a participant who has satisfied the one year employment requirement of Section 7(c)(iii) with respect to an award prior to Retirement, death or Disability, the participant, or his/her estate, shall be entitled to receive that proportion (to the nearest whole share) of the number of shares subject to the Award granted as the number of months of the Restriction Period which have elapsed since the Award date to the date at which the participant’s retirement, death or disability occurs, bears to the total number of months in the Restriction Period. The participant’s right to receive any remaining shares shall be canceled and forfeited and the shares will be deemed to be reacquired by the Issuer.
 
(4)  In the event of a participant’s retirement, death, disability or in cases of special circumstances as determined by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion when it finds that such an action would be in the best interests of the Company, accelerate or waive in whole or in part any or all remaining time based restrictions with respect to all or part of such participant’s Restricted Stock.
 
(5)  Upon termination of employment for any reason during the restriction period, subject to the provisions of paragraph (iii) above or in the event that the participant fails promptly to pay or make satisfactory arrangements as to the withholding taxes as provided in the following paragraph, all shares still subject to restriction shall be forfeited by the participant and will be deemed to be reacquired by the Company.
 
(6)  A participant may, at any time prior to the expiration of the Restriction Period, waive all right to receive all or some of the shares of a Restricted Stock Award by delivering to the Company a written notice of such waiver.
 
(7)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, the Committee may adopt rules which would permit a gift by a participant of restricted shares to members of his/her immediate family (spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, grandchildren or legal dependants) or to a Trust whose beneficiary or beneficiaries shall be either such a person or persons or the participant.
 
(8)  Any attempt to dispose of Restricted Stock in a manner contrary to the restrictions shall be ineffective.
 
(9)  Notwithstanding any provisions of this Plan or of the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement to the contrary, in the event a participant’s employment with the company terminates for a qualifying reason (as defined in Section 6(14)(B) of this Plan) during the three (3) year period following a change in control of the Company (as defined in Section 6(14)(A) of this Plan), all restrictions shall immediately lapse and the Restricted Stock shall become fully vested, including restricted stock hold less than one year.
 
 
9.  Determination of Breach of Conditions:    The determination of the Committee as to whether an event has occurred resulting in a forfeiture or a termination or reduction of the Company’s obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Plan shall be conclusive.
 
 
10.  Adjustment in the Event of Change in Stock:    In the event of changes in the outstanding Common Shares of the Company (including but not limited to changes in either the number of shares or the value of shares) by reason of any stock split, reverse stock split, dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares, other securities or other property), extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, reorganization, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares or other securities, the issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase shares or other securities, or other similar corporate transaction or event, if the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, that, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available

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under the Plan, such transaction or event equitably requires an adjustment in the aggregate number and/or class of shares available under the Plan, in the number, class and/or price of shares subject to outstanding options and/or awards, or in the number of performance units and/or dollar value of each such unit, such adjustment shall be made by the Committee and shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments shall be made with respect to an award granted to an employee covered under Section 162(M) of the Code to the extent such adjustment would cause the award to fail to qualify as performance-based compensation under that Section.
 
 
11.  Taxes:    Each participant shall, no later than the Tax Date (as defined below), pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of, any Withholding Tax (as defined below) with respect to an Option or Award, and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct such amount from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the participant. The Company shall also have the right to retain or sell without notice, or to demand surrender of, shares of Common Stock in value sufficient to cover the amount of any Withholding Tax (that is that portion of any Applicable Tax, as defined below, required by any governmental entity to be withheld or otherwise deducted and paid with respect to such Award), and to make payment (or to reimburse itself for payment made) to the appropriate taxing authority of an amount in cash equal to the amount of such Withholding Tax, remitting any balance to the participant. For purposes of the paragraph, the value of shares of Common Stock so retained or surrendered shall be the average of the high and low sales prices per share on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on the date that the amount of the Withholding Tax is to be determined (the “Tax Date”) and the value of shares of Common Stock so sold shall be the actual net sale price per share (after deduction of commissions) received by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the stock options have been transferred, the optionee shall provide the Company with funds sufficient to pay such Withholding Tax or Applicable Tax. Furthermore, if such optionee does not satisfy his tax payment obligation and the stock options have been transferred, the transferee may provide the funds sufficient to enable the Company to pay such taxes. However, if the stock options have been transferred, the Company shall have no right to retain or sell without notice, or to demand surrender from the transferee of, shares of Common Stock in order to pay such Withholding Tax or Applicable Tax.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the participant shall be entitled to satisfy the obligation to pay any Withholding Tax or to satisfy the obligation to pay any tax to any governmental entity in respect of such Award, including any Federal, state or local income tax up to an amount determined on the basis of the highest marginal tax rate applicable to such participant, Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes or other governmental impost or levy (an “Applicable Tax”), in whole or in part, by providing the Company with funds sufficient to enable the Company to pay such Withholding Tax or Applicable Tax or by requiring the Company to retain or to accept upon delivery thereof by the participant shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value sufficient to cover the amount of such Withholding Tax or Applicable Tax or in a greater amount as deemed appropriate by the Company. Each election by a participant to have shares retained or to deliver shares for this purpose shall be subject to the following restrictions: (i) the election must be in writing and be made on or prior to the Tax Date; (ii) the election must be irrevocable; (iii) the election shall be subject to the disapproval of the Committee.
 
 
12.  Deferral Election:    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11, any optionee or participant may elect, with the concurrence of the Committee and consistent with any rules and regulations established by the Committee, to defer the delivery of the proceeds of the exercise of any stock option not transferred under the provisions of Section 6(b)(6) or stock appreciation rights.
 
(a)  Election Timing:    The election to defer the delivery of the proceeds from any eligible award must be made at least six months prior to the date such award is exercised or at such other time as the Committee may specify. Deferrals will only be allowed for exercises which occur while the optionee or participant is an active employee of the Company. Any election to defer the delivery of proceeds from an eligible award shall be irrevocable as long as the optionee or participant remains an employee of the Company.
 
(b)  Stock Option Deferral:    The deferral of the proceeds of stock options may be elected by an optionee subject to the Regulations established by the Committee. The proceeds from such an exercise shall be credited to the

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optionee’s deferred stock option account as the number of deferred share units equivalent in value to those proceeds. Deferred share units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. Subsequent to exercise, the deferred share units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value of Common Stock of the Company. Deferred share units shall accrue dividends at the rate paid upon the Company’s Common Stock credited in the form of additional deferred share units. Deferred share units shall be distributed in shares of Company Stock upon the termination of employment of the participant or at such other date as may be approved by the Committee over a period of no more than 10 years.
 
(c)  Stock Appreciation Right Deferral:    Upon such exercise, the Company will credit the optionee’s deferred stock option account with the number of deferred share units equivalent in value to the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the exercise date and the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of shares exercised. Deferred share units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. Subsequent to exercise, the deferred share units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value of Common Stock of the Company. Deferred share units shall accrue dividends at the rate paid upon the Company’s Common Stock credited in the form of additional deferred share units. Deferred share units shall be distributed in shares of Common Stock upon the termination of employment of the participant or at such other date as may be approved by the Committee over a period of no more than 10 years.
 
(d)  Accelerated Distributions:    The Committee may, at its sole discretion, allow for the early payment of an optionee’s or participant’s deferred share units account in the event of an “unforeseeable emergency” or in the event of the death or disability of the optionee or participant. An “unforeseeable emergency” is defined as an unanticipated emergency caused by an event beyond the control of the optionee or participant that would result in severe financial hardship if the distribution were not permitted. Such distributions shall be limited to the amount necessary to sufficiently address the financial hardship. Any distributions under this provision shall be consistent with the Regulations established under the Code. Additionally, the Committee may use its discretion to cause deferred share unit accounts to be distributed when continuing the Program is no longer in the best interest of the Company.
 
(e)  Assignability:    No rights to deferred share unit accounts may be assigned or subject to any encumbrance, pledge or charge of any nature except that an optionee or participant may designate a beneficiary pursuant to any rules established by the Committee.
 
 
13.  Amendment of the Plan:    The Board of Directors may amend or suspend the Plan at any time and from time to time. No such amendment of the Plan may, however, increase the maximum number of shares to be offered under options or awards, or change the manner of determining the option price, or change the designation of employees or class of employees eligible to receive options or awards, or permit the transfer or issue of stock before payment therefor in full, or, without the written consent of the optionee or participant, alter or impair any option or award previously granted under the Plan or Prior Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an option has been transferred in accordance with Section 6(b)(6), written consent of the transferee (and not the optionee) shall be necessary to alter or impair any option or award previously granted under the Plan.
 
 
14. Miscellaneous:
 
(a)  By accepting any benefits under the Plan, each optionee or participant and each person claiming under or through such optionee or participant shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken or made to be taken or made under the Plan by the Company, the Board, the Committee or any other Committee appointed by the Board.
 
(b)  No participant or any person claiming under or through him shall have any right or interest, whether vested or otherwise, in the Plan or in any option, or stock appreciation right or award thereunder, contingent or otherwise, unless and until all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan and the Agreement that affect such participant or such other person shall have been complied with.

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(c)  Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Agreement shall require the Company to segregate or earmark any cash or other property.
 
(d)  Neither the adoption of the Plan nor its operation shall in any way affect the rights and powers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to dismiss and/or discharge any employee at any time.
 
(e)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, neither the Board nor the Committee shall have any authority to take any action under the Plan where such action would affect the Company’s ability to account for any business combination as a “pooling of interests.”
 
 
15.  Term of the Plan:    The Plan, if approved by stockholders, will be effective May 6, 1997. The Plan shall expire on May 31, 2002 unless suspended or discontinued by action of the Board of Directors. The expiration of the Plan, however, shall not affect the rights of Optionees under options theretofore granted to them or the rights of participants under awards theretofore granted to them, and all unexpired options and awards shall continue in force and operation after termination of the Plan except as they may lapse or be terminated by their own terms and conditions.
 
 
16.  Employees Based Outside of the United States:    Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan or to comply with provisions of laws in other countries in which the Company, its Affiliates and its Subsidiaries operate or have Employees, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to (i) determine which Employees employed outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan, (ii) modify the terms and conditions of options granted to Employees who are employed outside the United States, (iii) establish subplans, modified option exercise procedures and other terms and procedures to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable, and (iv) grant to Employees employed in countries wherein the granting of stock options is impossible or impracticable, as determined by the Committee, stock appreciation rights with terms and conditions that, to the fullest extent possible, are substantially identical to the stock options granted hereunder.

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EX-10.(B) 4 dex10b.htm BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 2002 STOCK INCENTIVE Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 2002 Stock Incentive
Exhibit 10b
 
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
2002 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(As Amended and Restated as of July 16, 2002)
 
1.  Purpose:    The purpose of the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan is to secure for the Company and its stockholders the benefits of the incentive inherent in common stock ownership by the officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who will be largely responsible for the Company’s future growth and continued financial success and by providing long-term incentives in addition to current compensation to certain key executives of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who contribute significantly to the long-term performance and growth of the Company and such Subsidiaries and Affiliates. It is intended that the former purpose will be effected through the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalents and/or restricted stock under the Plan and that the latter purpose will be effected through an award conditionally granting performance units or performance shares under the Plan, either independently or in conjunction with and related to a nonqualified stock option grant under the Plan.
 
2.  Definitions:    For purposes of this Plan:
 
(a)  “Affiliate” shall mean any entity in which the Company has an ownership interest of at least 20%.
 
(b)  “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
(c)  “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock (par value $.10 per share).
 
(d)  “Company” shall mean the Issuer (the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company), its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
 
(e)  “Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean qualifying for and receiving payments under a disability pay plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.
 
(f)  “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
(g)  “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average of the high and low sale prices of a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. composite tape on the date of measurement or on any date as determined by the Committee and if there were no trades on such date, on the day on which a trade occurred next preceding such date.
 
(h)  “Issuer” shall mean the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
 
(i)  “Prior Plan” shall mean the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1997 Stock Option Plan as amended and restated effective as of July 16, 2002.
 
(j)  “Retirement” shall mean termination of the employment of an employee with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate on or after (i) the employee’s 65th birthday or (ii) the employee’s 55th birthday if the employee has completed 10 years of service with the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates. For purposes of this Section 2(j) and all other purposes of this Plan, Retirement shall also mean termination of employment of an employee with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate for any reason (other than the employee’s death, disability, resignation, willful misconduct or activity deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company) where, on termination, (iii) the

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employee’s age plus years of service (rounded up to the next higher whole number) equals at least 70 and the employee has completed 10 years of service with the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates, provided the Optionee executes a general release agreement and where applicable, a non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreement with the Company or (iv) the employee is at least 50 years of age and the employee has completed 10 years of service with the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates provided the Optionee, executes a general release agreement and, where applicable, a non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreement with the Company. This section 2(j)(iv) shall expire on January 31, 2003.
 
Furthermore, an employee who makes an election to retire under Article 19 of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Retirement Income Plan (the “Retirement Income Plan”) shall have any additional years of age and service which are credited under Article 19 of the Retirement Income Plan taken into account when determining such employee’s age and service under this Section 2(j). Such election shall be deemed a Retirement for purposes of this Section 2(j) and all other purposes of this Plan.
 
(k)  “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation which at the time qualifies as a subsidiary of the Company under the definition of “subsidiary corporation” in Section 424 of the Code.
 
3.  Amount of Stock:    The amount of stock which may be made subject to grants of options or awards of performance units under the Plan in calendar year 2002 shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of shares available for, and not made subject to, grants of options or awards under the Prior Plan as of the day before the effective date of this plan. With respect to each succeeding year, the amount of stock which may be made subject to grants of options or awards of performance units under the Plan shall not exceed an amount equal to (i) 0.9% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock on January 1 of such year plus, subject to this Section 3, (ii) in any year the number of shares equal to the amount of shares that were available for grants and awards in the prior year but were not made subject to a grant or award in such prior year, (iii) the number of shares that were subject to options or awards granted hereunder or under the Prior Plan, which options or awards terminated, were cancelled or forfeited or expired in the prior year without being exercised, or were forfeited and returned to the Company after exercise (iv) the number of shares participants tendered in the prior year to pay the purchase price of options in accordance with Section 6(b)(5), and (v) the number of shares the Company retained or caused participants to surrender in the prior year to satisfy Withholding Tax requirements in accordance with Section 11. No individual may be granted options or awards under Sections 6, 7 or 8 in the aggregate, in respect of more than 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in a calendar year, subject to adjustment in number and kind pursuant to Section 10. Aggregate shares issued under performance share and performance unit awards made pursuant to Section 7 and restricted stock awards made pursuant to Section 8 may not exceed 20,000,000 shares over the life of the Plan, subject to adjustment in number and kind pursuant to Section 10. Common Stock issued hereunder may be authorized and reissued shares or issued shares acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries on the market or otherwise.
 
4.  Administration:    The Plan shall be administered under the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company which shall exercise its powers, to the extent herein provided, through the agency of a Compensation and Management Development Committee (the “Committee”) which shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Committee shall consist of not less than three (3) members of the Board who meet the definition of “outside director” under the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code and the definition of “non-employee directors” under the provisions of the Exchange Act or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
The Committee, from time to time, may adopt rules and regulations (“Regulations”) for carrying out the provisions and purposes of the Plan and make such other determinations, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem appropriate. The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan by the Committee shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, be final and conclusive.
 
The Committee shall maintain a written record of its proceedings. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved in writing, shall be the acts of the Committee.
 
5.  Eligibility:    Options and awards may be granted only to present or future officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, including Subsidiaries and Affiliates which become such after the adoption

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of the Plan. Any officer or key employee of the Company or of any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall be eligible to receive one or more options or awards under the Plan. Any director who is not an officer or employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and any member of the Committee, during the time of the member’s service as such or thereafter, shall be ineligible to receive an option or award under the Plan. The adoption of this Plan shall not be deemed to give any officer or employee any right to an award or to be granted an option to purchase Common Stock of the Company, except to the extent and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee.
 
6.  Stock Options:    Stock options under the Plan shall consist of incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code or nonqualified stock options (options not intended to qualify as incentive stock options), as the Committee shall determine. In addition, the Committee may grant stock appreciation rights in conjunction with an option, as set forth in Section 6(b)(11), or may grant awards in conjunction with an option, as set forth in Section 6(b)(10) (an “Associated Option”).
 
Each option shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
(a)  Grant of Options.    The Committee shall (1) select the officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to whom options may from time to time be granted, (2) determine whether incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options are to be granted, (3) determine the number of shares to be covered by each option so granted, (4) determine the terms and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) of any option granted hereunder (including but not limited to restrictions upon the options, circumstances, if any, under which options or option gains may be forfeited, conditions of their exercise, or on the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof), (5) determine whether nonqualified stock options or incentive stock options granted under the Plan shall include stock appreciation rights and, if so, shall determine the terms and conditions thereof in accordance with Section 6(b)(11) hereof, (6) determine whether any nonqualified stock options granted under the Plan shall be Associated Options, and (7) prescribe the form of the instruments necessary or advisable in the administration of options.
 
(b)  Terms and Conditions of Option.    Any option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement entered into by the Company and the optionee, in such form as the Committee shall approve, which agreement shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan, and in the case of an incentive stock option not inconsistent with the provisions of the Code applicable to incentive stock options, as the Committee shall prescribe:
 
(1)  Number of Shares Subject to an Option.    The Stock Option Agreement shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Agreement. If the option is an Associated Option, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Associated Option shall initially be equal to the number of performance units or performance shares subject to the award, but one share of Common Stock shall be canceled for each performance unit or performance share paid out under the award.
 
(2)  Option Price.    The purchase price per share of Common Stock purchasable under an option will be determined by the Committee but will be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of the grant of such option.
 
(3)  Option Period.    The period of each option shall be fixed by the Committee, but no option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the option is granted.
 
(4)  Consideration.    Each optionee, as consideration for the grant of an option, shall remain in the continuous employ of the Company or of one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for at least one year or such lesser period as the Committee shall so determine in its sole discretion from the date of the granting of such option, and no option shall be exercisable until after the completion of such one year or lesser period of employment by the optionee.
 
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giving written notice (or by such other methods of notice as the Committee designates) of exercise to the Company (or a representative designated by the Company for that purpose) specifying the number of shares to be purchased, such notice to be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase price and Withholding Taxes (as defined in Section 11 hereof), unless an election to defer receipt of shares is made under Section 12, due either by (i) certified or bank check, (ii) in shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by the optionee for at least six months having a Fair Market Value at the date of exercise equal to such purchase price, provided, however, that payment in shares of Common Stock of the Company will not be permitted unless at least 100 shares of Common Stock are required and delivered for such purpose, (iii) in any combination of the foregoing, or (iv) by any other method authorized by the Committee. At its discretion, the Committee may modify or suspend any method for the exercise of stock options, including any of the methods specified in the previous sentence. Delivery of shares for exercising an option shall be made either through the physical delivery of shares or through an appropriate certification or attestation of valid ownership. No shares shall be issued until full payment therefor has been made. An optionee shall have the rights of a stockholder only with respect to shares of stock for which certificates have been issued to the optionee.
 
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Company may, in its sole discretion, allow the exercise of a lapsed grant if the Company determines that: (i) the lapse was solely the result of the Company’s inability to execute the exercise of an option award due to conditions beyond the Company’s control and (ii) the optionee made valid and reasonable efforts to exercise the award. In the event the Company makes such a determination, the Company shall allow the exercise to occur as promptly as possible following its receipt of exercise instructions subsequent to such determination.
 
(6)  Nontransferability of Options.    No option or stock appreciation right granted under the Plan shall be transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and such option or stock appreciation right shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may set forth in a Stock Option Agreement at the time of grant or thereafter, that the options (other than Incentive Stock Options) may be transferred to members of the optionee’s immediate family, to trusts solely for the benefit of such immediate family members and to partnerships in which such family members and/or trusts are the only partners. For this purpose, immediate family means the optionee’s spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, grandchildren and legal dependants. Any transfer of options made under this provision will not be effective until notice of such transfer is delivered to the Company.
 
(7)  Retirement and Termination of Employment Other than by Death or Disability.    If an optionee shall cease to be employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for any reason (other than termination of employment by reason of death or Disability) after the optionee shall have been continuously so employed for one year after the granting of the option, or as otherwise determined by the Committee, the option shall be exercisable only to the extent that the optionee was otherwise entitled to exercise it at the time of such cessation of employment with the Company, Subsidiary or Affiliate, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. If the cessation of employment is on account of retirement, the option shall remain exercisable for the remainder of the option term. If the cessation of employment is not on account of Retirement or death, the option shall remain exercisable for three months after cessation of employment (or, if earlier, the remainder of the option period), unless the Committee determines otherwise. The Plan does not confer upon any optionee any right with respect to continuation of employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
 
(8)  Disability of Optionee.    An optionee who ceases to be employed by reason of Disability shall be treated as though the optionee remained in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate until the earlier of (i) cessation of payments under a disability pay plan of the Company, Subsidiary or Affiliate, (ii) the optionee’s death, or (iii) the optionee’s 65th birthday.
 
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death (i) while in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (ii) while Disabled as described in subsection (8) or (iii) after cessation of employment due to Retirement, the option shall be fully exercisable by the executors, administrators, legatees or distributees of the optionee’s estate, as the case may be, at any time following such death. In the event of the optionee’s death after cessation of employment for any reason other than Disability or Retirement, the option shall be exercisable by the executors, administrators, legatees or distributees of the optionee’s estate, as the case may be, at any time during the twelve month period following such death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall an option be exercisable unless the optionee shall have been continuously employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for a period of at least one year after the option grant, and no option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option period set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. In the event any option is exercised by the executors, administrators, legatees or distributees of the estate of a deceased optionee, the Company shall be under no obligation to issue stock thereunder unless and until the Company is satisfied that the person or persons exercising the option are the duly appointed legal representatives of the deceased optionee’s estate or the proper legatees or distributees thereof.
 
(10)  Long-Term Performance Awards.    The Committee may from time to time grant nonqualified stock options under the Plan in conjunction with and related to an award of performance units or performance shares made under a Long-Term Performance Award as set forth in Section 7(b)(11). In such event, notwithstanding any other provision hereof, (i) the number of shares to which the Associated Option applies shall initially be equal to the number of performance units or performance shares granted by the award, but such number of shares shall be reduced on a one-share-for-one unit or share basis to the extent that the Committee determines pursuant to the terms of the award, to pay to the optionee or the optionee’s beneficiary the performance units or performance shares granted pursuant to such award; and (ii) such Associated Option shall be cancelable in the discretion of the Committee, without the consent of the optionee, under the conditions and to the extent specified in the award.
 
(11)  Stock Appreciation Rights.    In the case of any option granted under the Plan, either at the time of grant or by amendment of such option at any time after such grant there may be included a stock appreciation right which shall be subject to such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee shall impose, including the following:
 
(A)  A stock appreciation right shall be exercisable to the extent, and only to the extent, that the option in which it is included is at the time exercisable, and may be exercised within such period only at such time or times as may be determined by the Committee;
 
(B)  A stock appreciation right shall entitle the optionee (or any person entitled to act under the provisions of subsection (9) hereof) to surrender unexercised the option in which the stock appreciation right is included (or any portion of such option) to the Company and to receive from the Company in exchange therefor that number of shares having an aggregate value equal to (or, in the discretion of the Committee, less than) the excess of the value of one share (provided such value does not exceed such multiple of the option price per share as may be specified by the Committee) over the option price per share specified in such option times the number of shares called for by the option, or portion thereof, which is so surrendered. The Committee shall be entitled to cause the Company to settle its obligation, arising out of the exercise of a stock appreciation right, by the payment of cash equal to the aggregate value of the shares the Company would otherwise be obligated to deliver or partly by the payment of cash and partly by the delivery of shares. Any such election shall be made within 30 business days after the receipt by the Committee of written notice of the exercise of the stock appreciation right. The value of a share for this purpose shall be the Fair Market Value thereof on the last business day preceding the date of the election to exercise the stock appreciation right;
 
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(D)  If a stock appreciation right included in an option is exercised, such option shall be deemed to have been exercised to the extent of the number of shares called for by the option or portion thereof which is surrendered on exercise of the stock appreciation right and no new option may be granted covering such shares under this Plan; and
 
(E)  If an option which includes a stock appreciation right is exercised, such stock appreciation right shall be deemed to have been canceled to the extent of the number of shares called for by the option or portion thereof is exercised and no new stock appreciation rights may be granted covering such shares under this Plan.
 
(F)  If an option which includes a stock appreciation right is forfeited pursuant to Section 6(b)(15), such stock appreciation right shall be deemed to have been forfeited to the extent of the number of shares cancelled or forfeited under the option.
 
(12)  Incentive Stock Options.    In the case of any incentive stock option granted under the Plan, the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock of the Company (determined at the time of grant of each option) with respect to which incentive stock options granted under the Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent or a Subsidiary which are exercisable for the first time by an employee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000 or such other amount as may be required by the Code. Only employees who are employed by the Issuer or a subsidiary shall be eligible to receive a grant of an Incentive Stock Option. In any year, the maximum number of shares with respect to which incentive stock options may be granted shall not exceed 8,000,000 shares, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10.
 
(13)  Rights of Transferee.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if an option has been transferred in accordance with Section 6(b)(6), the option shall be exercisable solely by the transferee. The option shall remain subject to the provisions of the Plan, including that it will be exercisable only to the extent that the optionee or optionee’s estate would have been entitled to exercise it if the optionee had not transferred the option. In the event of the death of the optionee prior to the expiration of the right to exercise the transferred option, the period during which the option shall be exercisable will terminate on the date one year following the date of the optionee’s death. In the event of the death of the transferee prior to the expiration of the right to exercise the option, the period during which the option shall be exercisable by the executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of the transferee’s estate, as the case may be, will terminate on the date one year following the date of the transferee’s death. In no event will be the option be exercisable after the expiration of the option period set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. The option shall be subject to such other rules as the Committee shall determine.
 
(14)  Change in Control.    In the event an optionee’s employment with the Company terminates for a qualifying reason during the three (3) year period following a change in control of the Company and prior to the exercise of options granted under this Plan, all outstanding options shall become immediately fully vested and exercisable notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan or of the applicable stock option agreement to the contrary.
 
(A)  For the purpose of this Plan a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred on the earlier of the following dates:
 
(1)  The date any Person (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act) shall have become the direct or indirect beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the then outstanding common shares of the Company;
 
(2)  The date of consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent at least 75% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company

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or the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company in which no Person acquires more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;
 
(3)  The date the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets;
 
(4)  The date there shall have been a change in a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company within a two (2) year period unless the nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders of each new director was approved by the vote of two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were in office at the beginning of the two (2) year period.
 
(B)  For purposes of this Plan provision, a qualifying termination shall be deemed to have occurred under the following circumstances:
 
(1)  A Company initiated termination for reason other than the employee’s death, disability, resignation without good cause, willful misconduct or activity deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company provided the optionee executes a general release and, where applicable, a non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreement with the Company;
 
(2)  The optionee resigns with good cause, which includes (i) a substantial adverse alternation in the nature or status of the optionee’s responsibilities, (ii) a reduction in the optionee’s base salary and/or levels of entitlement or participation under any incentive plan, award program or employee benefit program without the substitution or implementation of an alternative arrangement of substantially equal value, or, (iii) the Company requiring the optionee to relocate to a work location more than fifty (50) miles from his/her work location prior to the change in control.
 
(15)  Special Forfeiture Provisions. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide in a Stock Option Agreement that, in the event that the optionee engages, within a specified period after termination of employment, in certain activity specified by the Committee that is deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company (including, but not limited to, the breach of any non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreements with the Company), the optionee will forfeit all rights under any options and/or stock appreciation rights that remain outstanding as of the time of such act and will return to the Company an amount of shares with a Fair Market Value (determined as of the date such shares are returned) or, in the case of stock appreciation rights that are settled in cash, an amount of cash, equal to the amount of any gain realized upon the exercise of any option or stock appreciation right that occurred within a specified time period.
 
7.  Long-term Performance Awards:    Awards under the Plan shall consist of the conditional grant to the participants of a specified number of performance units or performance shares. The conditional grant of a performance unit to a participant will entitle the participant to receive a specified dollar value, variable under conditions specified in the award, if the performance objectives specified in the award are achieved and the other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied. The conditional grant of a performance share to a participant will entitle the participant to receive a specified number of shares of Common Stock of the Company, or the equivalent cash value, if the objective(s) specified in the award are achieved and the other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied.
 
Each award will be subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
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Subsidiaries and Affiliates to whom awards may from time to time be granted, (2) determine the number of performance units or performance shares covered by each award, (3) determine the terms and conditions of each performance unit or performance share awarded and the award period and performance objectives with respect to each award, (4) determine the periods during which a participant may request the Committee to approve deferred payment of a percentage (not less than 25%) of an award (the “Deferred Portion”) and the interest or rate of return thereon or the basis on which such interest or rate of return thereon is to be determined, (5) determine whether payment with respect to the portion of an award which has not been deferred (the “Current Portion”) and the payment with respect to the Deferred Portion of an award shall be made entirely in cash, entirely in Common Stock or partially in cash and partially in Common Stock, (6) determine whether the award is to be made independently of or in conjunction with a nonqualified stock option granted under the Plan, (7) determine the circumstances, if any, under which an award may be cancelled or forfeited, and (8) prescribe the form of the instruments necessary or advisable in the administration of the awards.
 
(b)  Terms and Conditions of Award.    Any award conditionally granting performance units or performance shares to a participant shall be evidenced by a Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement, as applicable, executed by the Company and the participant, in such form as the Committee shall approve, which Agreement shall contain in substance the following terms and conditions applicable to the award and such additional terms and conditions as the Committee shall prescribe:
 
(1)  Number and Value of Performance Units.    The Performance Unit Agreement shall specify the number of performance units conditionally granted to the participant. If the award has been made in conjunction with the grant of an Associated Option, the number of performance units granted shall initially be equal to the number of shares which the participant is granted the right to purchase pursuant to the Associated Option, but one performance unit shall be canceled for each share of the Company’s Common Stock purchased upon exercise of the Associated Option or for each stock appreciation right included in such option that has been exercised. The Performance Unit Agreement shall specify the threshold, target and maximum dollar values of each performance unit and corresponding performance objectives as provided under Section 6(b)(5). No payout under a performance unit award to an individual Participant may exceed 0.15% of the pre-tax earnings of the Company for the fiscal year which coincides with the final year of the performance unit period.
 
(2)  Number and Value of Performance Shares.    The Performance Share Agreement shall specify the number of performance shares conditionally granted to the participant. If the award has been made in conjunction with the grant of an Associated Option, the number of performance shares granted shall initially be equal to the number of shares which the participant is granted the right to purchase pursuant to the Associated Option, but one performance share shall be canceled for each share of the Company’s Common Stock purchased upon exercise of the Associated Option or for each stock appreciation right included in such option that has been exercised. The Performance Share Agreement shall specify that each Performance Share will have a value equal to one (1) share of Common Stock of the Company.
 
(3)  Award Periods.    For each award, the Committee shall designate an award period with a duration to be determined by the Committee in its discretion but in no event less than three calendar years within which specified performance objectives are to be attained. There may be several award periods in existence at any one time and the duration of performance objectives may differ from each other.
 
(4)  Consideration.    Each participant, as consideration for the award of performance units or performance shares, shall remain in the continuous employ of the Company or of one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for at least one year or such lesser period as the Committee shall so determine in its sole discretion after the date of the making of such award, and no award shall be payable until after the completion of such one year or lesser period of employment by the participant.
 
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Committee may from time to time determine. Performance criteria for awards under the Plan may include one or more of the following measures of the operating performance:
 
a.  Earnings
  
d.  Financial return ratios
b.  Revenue
  
e.  Total Shareholder Return
c.  Operating or net cash flows
  
f.  Market share
 
The Committee shall establish the specific targets for the selected criteria. These targets may be set at a specific level or may be expressed as relative to the comparable measure at comparison companies or a defined index. These targets may be based upon the total Company or upon a defined business unit which the executive has responsibility for or influence over.
 
(6)  Determination and Payment of Performance Units or Performance Shares Earned.    As soon as practicable after the end of an award period, the Committee shall determine the extent to which awards have been earned on the basis of the Company’s actual performance in relation to the established performance objectives as set forth in the Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement and certify these results in writing. The Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement shall specify that as soon as practicable after the end of each award period, the Committee shall determine whether the conditions of Sections 7(b)(4) and 7(b)(5) hereof have been met and, if so, shall ascertain the amount payable or shares which should be distributed to the participant in respect of the performance units or performance shares. As promptly as practicable after it has determined that an amount is payable or should be distributed in respect of an award, the Committee shall cause the Current Portion of such award to be paid or distributed to the participant or the participant’s beneficiaries, as the case may be, in the Committee’s discretion, either entirely in cash, entirely in Common Stock or partially in cash and partially in Common Stock. The Deferred Portion of an award shall be contingently credited and payable to the participant over a deferred period and shall be credited with interest, rate of return, or other valuation as determined by the Committee. The Committee, in its discretion, shall determine the conditions upon, and method of, payment of such Deferred Portions and whether such payment will be made entirely in cash, entirely in Common Stock or partially in cash and partially in Common Stock.
 
In making the payment of an award in Common Stock hereunder, the cash equivalent of such Common Stock shall be determined by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the day the Committee designates the performance units shall be payable.
 
(7)  Nontransferability of Awards and Designation of Beneficiaries.    No award under this Section of the Plan shall be transferable by the participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, except that a participant may designate a beneficiary pursuant to the provisions hereof.
 
If any participant or the participant’s beneficiary shall attempt to assign the participant’s rights under the Plan in violation of the provisions thereof, the Company’s obligation to make any further payments to such participant or the participant’s beneficiaries shall forthwith terminate.
 
A participant may name one or more beneficiaries to receive any payment of an award to which the participant may be entitled under the Plan in the event of the participant’s death, on a form to be provided by the Committee. A participant may change the participant’s beneficiary designation from time to time in the same manner.
 
If no designated beneficiary is living on the date on which any payment becomes payable to a participant’s beneficiary, or if no beneficiary has been specified by the participant, such payment will be payable to the person or persons in the first of the following classes of successive preference:
 
(i)  Widow or widower, if then living,
 
(ii)  Surviving children, equally,
 
(iii)  Surviving parents, equally,

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(iv)  Surviving brothers and sisters, equally,
 
(v)  Executors or administrators
 
and the term “beneficiary” as used in the Plan shall include such person or persons.
 
(8)  Retirement and Termination of Employment Other Than by Death or Disability.    In the event of the Retirement prior to the end of an award period of a participant who has satisfied the one year employment requirement of Section 7(b)(4) with respect to an award prior to Retirement, the participant, or his estate, shall be entitled to a payment of such award at the end of the award period, pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the participant’s Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement, provided, however, that the participant shall be deemed to have earned that proportion (to the nearest whole unit or share) of the value of the performance units or performance shares granted to the participant under such award as the number of months of the award period which have elapsed since the first day of the calendar year in which the award was made to the end of the month in which the participant’s Retirement occurs, bears to the total number of months in the award period, subject to the attainment of performance objectives associated with the award as certified by the Committee. The participant’s right to receive any remaining performance units or performance shares shall be canceled and forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide in a Performance Unit Agreement and/or Share Unit Agreement that a participant’s award or awards payable in the future will be cancelled and forfeited in the event that a participant engages, within a specified time period after termination of employment, in certain activity specified by the Committee that is deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company (including, but not limited to, the breach of any non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreements with the Company) and may require the return of award payments that were paid within a specified period of time prior to such activity. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive, in whole or in part, any cancellation and forfeiture of any performance units or performance shares provided that any such action does not affect the award of any person covered by Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
Subject to Section 7(b)(6) hereof, the Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement shall specify that the right to receive the performance units or performance shares granted to such participant shall be conditional and shall be canceled, forfeited and surrendered if the participant’s continuous employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall terminate for any reason, other than the participant’s death, Disability or Retirement prior to the end of the award period.
 
(9)  Disability of Participant.    For the purposes of any award a participant who becomes Disabled shall be deemed to have suspended active employment by reason of Disability commencing on the date the participant becomes entitled to receive payments under a disability pay plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate and continuing until the date the participant is no longer entitled to receive such payments. In the event a participant becomes Disabled during an award period but only if the participant has satisfied the one year employment requirement of Section 7(b)(4) with respect to an award prior to becoming Disabled, upon the determination by the Committee of the extent to which an award has been earned pursuant to Section 7(b)(6) the participant shall be deemed to have earned that proportion (to the nearest whole unit) of the value of the performance units granted to the participants under such award as the number of months of the award period in which the participant was not Disabled bears to the total number of months in the award period subject to the attainment of the performance objectives associated with the award as certified by the Committee. The participant’s right to receive any remaining performance units shall be canceled and forfeited. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive, in whole or in part, such cancellation and forfeiture of any performance units or performance shares provided that any such action does not affect the award of any person covered by Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
(10)  Death of Participant.    In the event of the death prior to the end of an award period of a participant who has satisfied the one year employment requirement with respect to an award prior to the date of death, the participant’s beneficiaries or estate, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a payment of such award upon the end of the award period, pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the participant’s Performance Unit Agreement or Performance Share Agreement, provided, however, that the participant shall be deemed to have

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earned that proportion (to the nearest whole unit or share) of the value of the performance units or performance shares granted to the participant under such award as the number of months of the award period which have elapsed since the first day of the calendar year in which the award was made to the end of the month in which the participant’s death occurs, bears to the total number of months in the award period. The participant’s right to receive any remaining performance units or performance shares shall be canceled and forfeited.
 
The Committee may, in its discretion, waive, in whole or in part, such cancellation and forfeiture of any performance units or performance shares.
 
(11)  Grant of Associated Option.    If the Committee determines that the conditional grant of performance units or performance shares under the Plan is to be made to a participant in conjunction with the grant of a nonqualified stock option under the Plan, the Committee shall grant the participant an Associated Option under the Plan subject to the terms and conditions of this subsection (11). In such event, such award under the Plan shall be contingent upon the participant’s being granted such an Associated Option pursuant to which: (i) the number of shares the optionee may purchase shall initially be equal to the number of performance units or performance shares conditionally granted by the award, (ii) such number of shares shall be reduced on a one-share-for-one-unit or share basis to the extent that the Committee determines, pursuant to Section 7(b)(6) hereof, to pay to the participant or the participant’s beneficiaries the performance units or performance shares conditionally granted pursuant to the award, and (iii) the Associated Option shall be cancelable in the discretion of the Committee, without the consent of the participant, under the conditions and to the extent specified herein and in Section 7(b)(6) hereof.
 
If no amount is payable in respect of the conditionally granted performance units or performance shares, the award and such performance units or performance shares shall be deemed to have been canceled, forfeited and surrendered, and the Associated Option, if any, shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms. If any amount is payable in respect of the performance units or performance shares and such units or shares were granted in conjunction with an Associated Option, the Committee shall, within 30 days after the determination of the Committee referred to in the first sentence of Section 7(b)(6), determine, in its sole discretion, either:
 
(A)  to cancel in full the Associated Option, in which event the value of the performance units or performance shares payable pursuant to Sections 7(b)(5) and (6) shall be paid or the performance shares shall be distributed;
 
(B)  to cancel in full the performance units or performance shares, in which event no amount shall be paid to the participant in respect thereof and no shares shall be distributed but the Associated Option shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms; or
 
(C)  to cancel some, but not all, of the performance units or performance shares, in which event the value of the performance units payable pursuant to Sections 7(b)(5) and (6) which have not been canceled shall be paid and/or the performance shares shall be distributed and the Associated Option shall be canceled with respect to that number of shares equal to the number of conditionally granted performance units or performance shares that remain payable.
 
Any action taken by the Committee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be uniform with respect to all awards having the same award period. If the Committee takes no such action, it shall be deemed to have determined to cancel in full the award in accordance with clause (b) above.
 
8.  Restricted Stock:    Restricted stock awards under the Plan shall consist of grants of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter provided.
 
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may from time to time be granted, (ii) determine the number of shares to be covered by each award granted, (iii) determine the terms and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) of any award granted hereunder, and (iv) prescribe the form of the agreement, legend or other instrument necessary or advisable in the administration of awards under the Plan.
 
(b)  Terms and Conditions of Awards:    Any restricted stock award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Agreement executed by the Issuer and the recipient, in such form as the Committee shall approve, which agreement shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall prescribe:
 
(1)  Number of Shares Subject to an Award:    The Restricted Stock Agreement shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Award.
 
(2)  Restriction Period:    The period of restriction applicable to each Award shall be established by the Committee but may not be less than one year. The Restriction Period applicable to each Award shall commence on the Award Date.
 
(3)  Consideration:    Each recipient, as consideration for the grant of an award, shall remain in the continuous employ of the Company for at least one year or such lesser period as the Committee shall so determine in its sole discretion from the date of the granting of such award, and any shares covered by such an award shall lapse if the recipient does not remain in the continuous employ of the Company for at least one year or lesser period from the date of the granting of the award.
 
(4)  Restriction Criteria:    The Committee shall establish the criteria upon which the restriction period shall be based. Restrictions may be based upon either the continued employment of the recipient or upon the attainment by the Company of one or more of the following measures of the operating performance:
 
a.  Earnings
  
d.  Financial return ratios
b.  Revenue
  
e.  Total Shareholder Return
c.  Operating or net cash flows
  
f.  Market share
 
The Committee shall establish the specific targets for the selected criteria. These targets may be set at a specific level or may be expressed as relative to the comparable measure at comparison companies or a defined index. Performance objectives may be established in combination with restrictions based upon the continued employment of the recipient. These targets may be based upon the total Company or upon a defined business unit which the executive has responsibility for or influence over.
 
In cases where objective performance criteria are established, the Committee shall determine the extent to which the criteria have been achieved and the corresponding level to which restrictions will be removed from the Award or the extent to which a participant’s right to receive an Award should be lapsed in cases where the performance criteria have not been met and shall certify these determinations in writing. The Committee may provide for the determination of the attainment of such restrictions in installments where deemed appropriate.
 
(c)  Terms and Conditions of Restrictions and Forfeitures:    The shares of Common Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:
 
(1)  During the Restriction Period, the participant will not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge or assign Restricted Stock awarded under this Plan.
 
(2)  Except as provided in Section 8(c)(i), or as the Committee may otherwise determine, the participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Issuer, including the right to vote the shares and receive dividends and other distributions provided that distributions in the form of stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying Restricted Stock.

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(3)  In the event of a participant’s retirement, death or disability prior to the end of the Restriction Period for a participant who has satisfied the one year employment requirement of Section 7(c)(iii), with respect to an award prior to Retirement, death or Disability, the participant, or his/her estate, shall be entitled to receive that proportion (to the nearest whole share) of the number of shares subject to the Award granted as the number of months of the Restriction Period which have elapsed since the Award date to the date at which the participant’s retirement, death or disability occurs, bears to the total number of months in the Restriction Period. The participant’s right to receive any remaining shares shall be canceled and forfeited and the shares will be deemed to be reacquired by the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide in a Restricted Stock Agreement that the participant will forfeit his or her right to receive all shares subject to the Award in the event that a participant engages, within a specified time period after termination of employment, in certain activity specified by the Committee that is deemed detrimental to the interests of the Company (including, but not limited to, the breach of any non-solicitation and/or non-compete agreements with the Company) and may require the return to the Company of any shares that were received within a specified time period prior to such activity.
 
(4)  In the event of a participant’s retirement, death, disability or in cases of special circumstances as determined by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion when it finds that such an action would be in the best interests of the Company, accelerate or waive in whole or in part any or all remaining time based restrictions with respect to all or part of such participant’s Restricted Stock.
 
(5)  Upon termination of employment for any reason during the restriction period, subject to the provisions of paragraph (iii) above or in the event that the participant fails promptly to pay or make satisfactory arrangements as to the withholding taxes as provided in the following paragraph, all shares still subject to restriction shall be forfeited by the participant and will be deemed to be reacquired by the Company.
 
(6)  A participant may, at any time prior to the expiration of the Restriction Period, waive all right to receive all or some of the shares of a Restricted Stock Award by delivering to the Company a written notice of such waiver.
 
(7)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, the Committee may adopt rules which would permit a gift by a participant of restricted shares to members of his/her immediate family (spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, grandchildren or legal dependants) or to a Trust whose beneficiary or beneficiaries shall be either such a person or persons or the participant.
 
(8)  Any attempt to dispose of Restricted Stock in a manner contrary to the restrictions shall be ineffective.
 
(9)  Notwithstanding any provisions of this Plan or of the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement to the contrary, in the event a participant’s employment with the company terminates for a qualifying reason (as defined in Section 6(14)(B) of this Plan) during the three (3) year period following a change in control of the Company (as defined in Section 6(14)(A) of this Plan), all restrictions shall immediately lapse and the Restricted Stock shall become fully vested, including restricted stock hold less than one year.
 
9.  Determination of Breach of Conditions:    The determination of the Committee as to whether an event has occurred resulting in a forfeiture or a termination or reduction of the Company’s obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Plan shall be conclusive.
 
10.  Adjustment in the Event of Change in Stock:    In the event of a change in the outstanding Common Shares of the Company (including but not limited to changes in either the number of shares or the value of shares) by reason of any stock split, reverse stock split, dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares, other

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securities or other property), extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, reorganization, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares or other securities, the issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase shares or other securities, or other similar corporate transaction or event, if the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, that, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, such transaction or event equitably requires an adjustment in the aggregate number and/or class of shares available under the Plan, in the number, class and/or price of shares subject to an outstanding options and/or awards, or in the number of performance units and/or dollar value of each such unit, such adjustment shall be made by the Committee and shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments shall be made with respect to an award granted to an employee covered under Section 162(m) of the Code to the extent such adjustment would cause the award to fail to qualify as performance-based compensation under that Section.
 
 
11.  Taxes:
 
(a)  Each participant shall, no later than the Tax Date (as defined below), pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of, any Withholding Tax (as defined below) with respect to an option or award, and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct such amount from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the participant. The Company shall also have the right to retain or sell without notice, or to demand surrender of, shares of Common Stock in value sufficient to cover the amount of any Withholding Tax, and to make payment (or to reimburse itself for payment made) to the appropriate taxing authority of an amount in cash equal to the amount of such Withholding Tax, remitting any balance to the participant. For purposes of the paragraph, the value of shares of Common Stock so retained or surrendered shall be the average of the high and low sales prices per share on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on the date that the amount of the Withholding Tax is to be determined (the “Tax Date”) and the value of shares of Common Stock so sold shall be the actual net sale price per share (after deduction of commissions) received by the Company.
 
(b)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the stock options have been transferred, the optionee shall provide the Company with funds sufficient to pay such Withholding Tax. If such optionee does not satisfy the optionee’s tax payment obligation and the stock options have been transferred, the transferee may provide the funds sufficient to enable the Company to pay such taxes. However, if the stock options have been transferred, the Company shall have no right to retain or sell without notice, or to demand surrender from the transferee of, shares of Common Stock in order to pay such Withholding Tax.
 
(c)  The term “Withholding Tax” means the minimum required withholding amount applicable to the participant, including federal, state and local income taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes and other governmental impost or levy.
 
(d)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the participant shall be entitled to satisfy the obligation to pay any Withholding Tax, in whole or in part, by providing the Company with funds sufficient to enable the Company to pay such Withholding Tax or by requiring the Company to retain or to accept upon delivery thereof by the participant shares of Common Stock, owned by the participant for at least six months having a Fair Market Value sufficient to cover the amount of such Withholding Tax. Each election by a participant to have shares retained or to deliver shares for this purpose shall be subject to the following restrictions: (i) the election must be in writing and be made on or prior to the Tax Date; (ii) the election must be irrevocable; (iii) the election shall be subject to the disapproval of the Committee.
 
12.  Deferral Election:    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11, any optionee or participant may elect, with the concurrence of the Committee and consistent with any rules and regulations established by the Committee, to defer the

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delivery of the proceeds of the exercise of any stock option not transferred under the provisions of Section 6(b)(6) or stock appreciation rights.
 
(a)  Election Timing:    The election to defer the delivery of the proceeds from any eligible award must be made at least six months prior to the date such award is exercised or at such other time as the Committee may specify. Deferrals will only be allowed for exercises which occur while the optionee or participant is an active employee of the Company. Any election to defer the delivery of proceeds from an eligible award shall be irrevocable as long as the optionee or participant remains an employee of the Company.
 
(b)  Stock Option Deferral:    The deferral of the proceeds of stock options may be elected by an optionee subject to the Regulations established by the Committee. The proceeds from such an exercise shall be credited to the optionee’s deferred stock option account as the number of deferred share units equivalent in value to those proceeds. Deferred share units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. Subsequent to exercise, the deferred share units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value of Common Stock of the Company. Deferred share units shall accrue dividends at the rate paid upon the Company’s Common Stock credited in the form of additional deferred share units. Deferred share units shall be distributed in shares of Company Stock upon the termination of employment of the participant or at such other date as may be approved by the Committee over a period of no more than 10 years.
 
(c)  Stock Appreciation Right Deferral:    Upon such exercise, the Company will credit the optionee’s deferred stock option account with the number of deferred share units equivalent in value to the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the exercise date and the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of shares exercised. Deferred share units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. Subsequent to exercise, the deferred share units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value of Common Stock of the Company. Deferred share units shall accrue dividends at the rate paid upon the Company’s Common Stock credited in the form of additional deferred share units. Deferred share units shall be distributed in shares of Common Stock upon the termination of employment of the participant or at such other date as may be approved by the Committee over a period of no more than 10 years.
 
(d)  Accelerated Distributions:    The Committee may, at its sole discretion, allow for the early payment of an optionee’s or participant’s deferred share units account in the event of an “unforeseeable emergency” or in the event of the death or disability of the optionee or participant. An “unforeseeable emergency” is defined as an unanticipated emergency caused by an event beyond the control of the optionee or participant that would result in severe financial hardship if the distribution were not permitted. Such distributions shall be limited to the amount necessary to sufficiently address the financial hardship. Any distributions under this provision shall be consistent with the Regulations established under the Code. Additionally, the Committee may use its discretion to cause deferred share unit accounts to be distributed when continuing the Program is no longer in the best interest of the Company.
 
(e)  Assignability:    No rights to deferred share unit accounts may be assigned or subject to any encumbrance, pledge or charge of any nature except that an optionee or participant may designate a beneficiary pursuant to any rules established by the Committee.
 
13.  Amendment of the Plan:    The Board of Directors may amend or suspend the Plan at any time and from time to time. No such amendment of the Plan may, however, increase the maximum number of shares to be offered under options or awards, or change the manner of determining the option price, or change the designation of employees or class of employees eligible to receive options or awards, or permit the transfer or issue of stock before payment therefor in full, or, without the written consent of the optionee or participant, alter or impair any option or award previously granted under the Plan or Prior Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an option has been transferred in accordance with Section 6(b)(6), written consent of the transferee (and not the optionee) shall be necessary to alter or impair any option or award previously granted under the Plan.
 
 
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(a)  By accepting any benefits under the Plan, each optionee or participant and each person claiming under or through such optionee or participant shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken or made to be taken or made under the Plan by the Company, the Board, the Committee or any other Committee appointed by the Board.
 
(b)  No participant or any person claiming under or through him shall have any right or interest, whether vested or otherwise, in the Plan or in any option, or stock appreciation right or award thereunder, contingent or otherwise, unless and until all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan and the Agreement that affect such participant or such other person shall have been complied with.
 
(c)  Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Agreement shall require the Company to segregate or earmark any cash or other property.
 
(d)  Neither the adoption of the Plan nor its operation shall in any way affect the rights and powers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to dismiss and/or discharge any employee at any time.
 
(e)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, neither the Board nor the Committee shall have any authority to take any action under the Plan where such action would affect the Company’s ability to account for any business combination as a “pooling of interests.”
 
15.  Term of the Plan:    The Plan, if approved by stockholders, will be effective May 7, 2002. The Plan shall expire on May 31, 2007 unless suspended or discontinued by action of the Board of Directors. The expiration of the Plan, however, shall not affect the rights of Optionees under options theretofore granted to them or the rights of participants under awards theretofore granted to them, and all unexpired options and awards shall continue in force and operation after termination of the Plan except as they may lapse or be terminated by their own terms and conditions.
 
16.  Employees Based Outside of the United States:    Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan or to comply with provisions of laws in other countries in which the Company, its Affiliates and its Subsidiaries operate or have Employees, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to (i) determine which Employees employed outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan, (ii) modify the terms and conditions of options granted to Employees who are employed outside the United States, (iii) establish subplans, modify option exercise procedures and other terms and procedures to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable, and (iv) grant to Employees employed in countries wherein the granting of stock options is impossible or impracticable, as determined by the Committee, stock appreciation rights with terms and conditions that, to the fullest extent possible, are substantially identical to the stock options granted hereunder.

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EX-10.(R) 5 dex10r.htm EMPLOYMENT AND SEPARATION AGMT - PETER S.RINGROSE Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Employment and Separation Agmt - Peter S.Ringrose
Exhibit 10r
 
June 5, 2002
 
Dr. Peter S. Ringrose
 
Re: Letter Agreement
 
Dear Peter:
 
This Letter Agreement will confirm the terms and conditions of your employment and separation from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Company”). You will be provided with the following compensation and benefits, subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement:
 
1.
 
Term of Employment.    Effective on the date of this Letter Agreement and extending through March 31, 2003, you will serve as the President of the Company’s Pharmaceutical Research Institute (“PRI”) and Chief Scientific Officer (“CSO”). If a successor is found for you as President PRI and CSO prior to March 31, 2003, you will no longer be President PRI and CSO as of the date your successor becomes employed by the Company. On April 1, 2003 or, if earlier, the date a successor is named for you as President PRI and CSO, you will serve as an advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the remainder of your term of employment. From the date of this Letter Agreement through March 31, 2004, you will remain an active employee of the Company subject to the terms and conditions described below. Your separation from the Company will occur at the end of business on March 31, 2004.
 
2.
 
Base Salary.    Your base salary as of the date of this Letter Agreement is $670,000 annually and you will be eligible for a merit increase to your salary for 2003, pursuant to normal Company guidelines. You will not be eligible for a merit increase for 2004. Your salary will be paid in normal biweekly pay intervals for the period from the date of this Letter Agreement through March 31, 2004.
 
3.
 
Performance Incentive Plan.    You will continue to participate in the Performance Incentive Plan (“PIP”) through December 31, 2003. You will cease participation in the PIP as of January 1, 2004. Any and all awards will be subject to the terms of the Performance Incentive Plan.
 
4.
 
Long Term Performance Award Plan.    You will continue to participate in the Long Term Performance Award Plan (“LTPAP”) through the 2001-2003 cycle, but will not participate in the LTPAP beyond the 2001-2003 cycle. The award for the 2002-2004 cycle of the LTPAP

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has already been granted, but assuming a termination date of March 31, 2004, that award will lapse. All awards will be subject to the terms and conditions of the LTPAP.
 
  5.
 
Vesting of Stock Options.    You will be eligible for stock option grants during 2003. Any Bristol-Myers Squibb Company stock options granted to you prior to the date of this Letter Agreement and during 2003 will continue to vest during the period of your employment with the Company. All stock options granted to you will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1983 Stock Option Plan, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan. Any stock options granted to you and outstanding for at least one year will become fully vested on the date of your separation from the Company, unless you are discharged for cause pursuant to paragraph 20 below. Any stock options granted to you must be exercised within three months of the termination of your employment. All stock options granted to you and subject to a share price appreciation threshold, will only be exercisable if that threshold is met prior to three months after your separation date.
 
  6.
 
Restricted Stock.    Upon the termination of your employment, other than for cause pursuant to paragraph 20 below, you will receive a portion of the 52,582 share Restricted Stock Award granted on January 3, 2000. A termination date of March 31, 2004 will result in your receiving 21,815 shares from this award. 17,527 of these shares will vest on January 3, 2004 and 4,288 of these shares (a pro-rata portion of the January 3, 2000 award) will vest on March 31, 2004. This award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Award Plan and Agreements thereunder.
 
  7.
 
Executive Car Program.    Assuming a termination date of March 31, 2004, you will continue to participate in the Executive Car Program through June 30, 2004. On June 30, 2004, you will cease to participate in the Executive Car Program, and you will be required to either return or purchase your Company automobile.
 
  8.
 
Financial Counseling.    The Company will continue to make available to you participation in financial counseling. Assuming a termination date of March 31, 2004, you will receive financial counseling until March 31, 2005. Tax preparation assistance will be made available through December 31, 2004.
 
  9.
 
Vacation Pay.    At the conclusion of your employment, you will be paid for banked and accrued vacation days, if any, based on your salary in effect as of the date of your separation from employment.
 
10.
 
Other Company Property.    Assuming a termination date of March 31, 2004, on March 31, 2004, you agree to return all property belonging to the Company or its affiliates (including, but not limited to any company laptop or computers, and other equipment, documents and property belonging to the Company). Return of your Executive Automobile is subject to paragraph 7 above.

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11.
 
Non-Competition.    During the period of your employment with the Company, you will not in any way directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, control, accept employment or a consulting position with or otherwise advise or assist or be actively connected with, or have any financial interest in, directly or indirectly, any entity that engages or intends to engage in any Competing Business anywhere in the world. “Competing Business” means any business or other enterprise substantially similar to, or competitive with, the business of the Company or any of its affiliated companies. It is understood that ownership of not more than one percent (1%) of the equity securities of any Competing Business shall in no way be prohibited pursuant to the foregoing provisions. Questions regarding whether an assignment may be counter to this limitation must be reviewed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and may be waived only by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
 
12.
 
Outside Boards.    If you are asked to serve on a Board of Directors outside of the Company, such service will be considered by the Company and subject to the approval of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
 
13.
 
Work in Europe.    On April 1, 2003, or, if earlier, four weeks following such time as a successor to you as President of the PRI and CSO is employed by the Company, the Company acknowledges and agrees that your home base will be in Europe during the remainder of your employ by the Company, and you will only need to work in the United States at the request of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on an as needed basis.
 
14.
 
Change in Control.    The change in control agreement entered into by you and the Company on August 5, 1999, will be automatically extended pursuant to Article II of the agreement. Further, pursuant to Article X of the agreement, the Company will require any successor to the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform the agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.
 
15.
 
Confidentiality of Letter Agreement.    The terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement are confidential and will be deemed to be confidential. Except as may be required by law, you may not disclose the terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement to any other person or entity, except that you may disclose the provisions of this Letter Agreement to your immediate family, financial advisor and attorney, provided that you make the person to whom disclosure is made aware of the confidentiality provisions of this Letter Agreement and such person agrees to keep the terms of this Letter Agreement confidential. The Company may disclose the terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement to its respective officers, directors, accountants and counsel, and as required by law. You further agree that you will not encourage others to demand any disclosure of the terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement. This Letter Agreement may be used as evidence in a subsequent proceeding in which either party alleges a breach of this Agreement.
 
16.
 
Employee Confidentiality Obligation.    You may not make use of confidential or proprietary

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information concerning the Company’s business or affairs, of any nature, that is not otherwise a matter of public record. This obligation continues after the termination of your employment.
 
17.
 
Material Breach of Paragraphs 11, 15 and 16.    You understand that a breach by you of paragraphs 11, 15 or 16 would be a material breach of your obligations under this Letter Agreement, and that, if any amounts have been provided to you under the terms of this Letter Agreement prior to any such breach, you will promptly return all such amounts to the Company on demand. In the case of a breach by you of paragraphs 11, 15 or 16, the Company may, in addition, pursue any other remedy that may be available to the Company in law or at equity.
 
18.
 
Non-Disparagement.    You agree that you will not disparage or encourage or induce others to disparage the Company or any of its employees. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “disparage” includes, without limitation, comments or statements to the press and/or media, the Company’s employees, and/or to any individual, customer, client or entity with whom the Company has a business relationship if such statement would adversely affect in any manner the conduct of the business of the Company and/or the business reputation of the Company or its employees.
 
19.
 
Severance.    At the conclusion of your employment with the Company, you acknowledge that you will not be eligible for severance under the terms of any existing Company severance plan or policy, or any separate agreement provided to you by the Company.
 
20.
 
Termination of Letter Agreement for Misconduct.    This employment arrangement, as defined under the terms of this Letter Agreement, may be terminated by the Company prior to March 31, 2004 if you are discharged for cause. “Discharged for cause” is defined as you engaging in willful misconduct or activity deemed detrimental to the Company, including but not limited to dishonesty (such as falsification of company documents, etc.), violation of Company policies (including the Alcohol and Drug Free Workplace, Harassment, Internet Usage and Standard of Business Conduct Policies), unauthorized disclosure of Company confidential information or conviction of a misdemeanor or felony.
 
21.
 
Termination of Letter Agreement Upon Death.    In the case of your death prior to March 31, 2004, this employment arrangement as defined under the terms of this Letter agreement will be terminated by the Company and the benefits contained within this Letter Agreement will not accrue to your heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, legal representatives, successors or assigns. With regard to the vesting of stock options only, this paragraph 21 will be superceded by the terms of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1983 Stock Option Plan, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
22.
 
Disability.    During the remainder of your employment with the Company, you will be a participant in the Company Short Term Disability (STD) and Long Term Disability (LTD)

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Plans. As of the earlier of March 31, 2004, or the termination of your employment with the Company, you will cease to be a participant in the STD or LTD Plans, and will therefore not be eligible for benefits under those Plans, regardless of whether or not you are totally disabled under the terms of those Plans at that time.
 
23.
 
General Release.    In consideration of the compensation and benefits described herein, you will execute a General Release in favor of the Company, its affiliates and others related to the Company. You will execute a General Release both at the time that you sign this Letter Agreement and upon the conclusion of your employment with the Company. The General Release that must be executed at the time you sign this Letter Agreement is attached hereto.
 
24.
 
Supercedes All Prior Agreements.    You acknowledge and agree that this Letter Agreement supercedes any and all other prior agreements entered into between you and the Company with regard to your employment or separation from the Company.
 
25.
 
Enforceability of Letter Agreement.    If at any time after the date of execution of this Letter Agreement and General Release, any provision of this Letter Agreement and General Release is held to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, that provision will have no force and effect. However, the illegality or unenforceability of that provision will not have any effect on, and will not impair the enforceability of, any other provision of this Letter Agreement and General Release. However, if a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the General Release is illegal and/or unenforceable, you will be required to execute a General Release that is legal and enforceable or return any amounts provided to you under the terms of this Letter Agreement.
 
26.
 
Amendment or Termination of Letter Agreement.    This Letter Agreement may be amended or terminated if agreed to in writing and signed by you and an authorized officer of the Company.
 
27.
 
Governing Law.    The validity, interpretation and performance of this Letter Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of law.
 
Please indicate your acceptance of this Letter Agreement by signing below and returning to me the signed original of the attached General Release within 21 days of receipt.
 
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
/s/    Stephen E. Bear

Stephen E. Bear
 
Agreed to and accepted:
 
 
/s/    Peter S. Ringrose

 
Peter S. Ringrose
 
Date: 6/22/02
 
 

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GENERAL RELEASE
 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company has offered me certain compensation and benefits as set forth in a Letter Agreement dated June 5, 2002. I understand the compensation and benefits included in the Letter Agreement are in consideration for my signing the following General Release at the time I execute the Letter Agreement. I will also be required to sign a General Release at the conclusion of my employment with the Company.
 
The Company has advised me of and I acknowledge the following:
 
For and in consideration of the payments to be made and for other valuable consideration to be provided to me pursuant to this Letter Agreement, I for myself and my heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, legal representatives, successors and assigns (hereinafter, collectively referred to as “Releasors”), hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release and discharge the Company and any of its past or present parent entities, partners, corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, successors and assigns, including all past or present officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, successors, trustees, administrators and assigns (hereinafter, collectively referred to as “Releasees”), jointly and individually from any and all claims, demands, causes of action and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether known or unknown, by reason of any act, omission, transaction or occurrence which Releasors ever had, now have, or hereafter can, shall or may have against Releasees up to and including the Effective Date of this General Release, except for claims arising from a breach of this Letter Agreement, and from any and all liability which Releasees have or may have to me arising of my employment by and termination of employment with the Company, including, without limitation, all claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C § 2000e, et seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq., the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C § 12101, et seq., the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq., the New York State Human Rights Law, the Administrative Code of the City of New York, for breach of contract or for benefits, any common law tort, and/or any other federal, state or local law (whether in statutes or court-made decisions), regulation, or ordinance, and any claim for attorney’s fees, costs, disbursement and the like.
 
I acknowledge that I have been advised of my right to seek independent legal counsel of my own choice, throughout all of the negotiations preceding the execution of this Letter Agreement and General Release; that I have carefully read the Letter Agreement and General Release in their entirety; that I have had, if I so choose, at least twenty-one (21) days in which to consider the terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement and General Release prior to execution; that I fully understand their terms and significance; that I voluntarily assent to all the terms and conditions contained therein, and that I am signing the Letter Agreement and General Release free from any

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coercion or duress. It is the intention of the parties that this Letter Agreement and General Release satisfies all of the requirements of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (“OWBPA”), 29 U.S.C. § 626(f).
 
After executing this Letter Agreement and General Release, I shall have seven (7) days (“the Revocation Period”) to revoke this Agreement by indicating my desire to do so in a writing addressed to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154 (attention: Stephen E. Bear). The Effective Date of this Letter Agreement and General Release shall be the eighth (8th) day following the execution of this Letter Agreement and General Release. In the event that I do not sign this Letter Agreement and General Release, or in the event I revoke this Letter Agreement and General Release during the Revocation Period, this Letter Agreement and General Release, including, but not limited to, the obligation of the Company to make the payments or benefits set forth in this Letter Agreement, shall automatically be deemed null and void.
 
/s/  Peter S. Ringrose

  
6/22/02

Peter S. Ringrose
  
Date

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EX-15 6 dex15.htm INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' AWARENESS LETTER Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Independent Accountants' Awareness Letter
Exhibit No. 15
 
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Commissioners:
 
We are aware that our report dated August 13, 2002 on our review of interim financial information of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Company”) as of and for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 included in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter then ended is incorporated by reference in its Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-30856, 33-38411, 33-38587, 33-44788, 333-47403, 33-52691, 33-30756-02, 33-58187, 333-02873 and 333-65424), Form S-4 (No. 333-09519) and Form S-3 (Nos. 33-33682, 33-62496, 333-49227 and 333-65444).
 
Such report is not a “report” or “part” of a registration statement prepared or certified by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and the independent accountants’ liability under Section 11 does not extend to such report.
 
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
August 14, 2002

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EX-99.1 7 dex991.htm 906 CERTIFICATION LETTER Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- 906 Certification letter
EXHIBIT 99.1
 
Section 906 Certification
 
by the
 
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
 
Each of Peter R. Dolan, Chief Executive Officer, and Harrison M. Bains, Jr., Acting Chief Financial Officer, of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a Delaware corporation ("Company"), hereby each certifies that:
 
(1) The Company's periodic report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002 ("Form 10-Q") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(2) The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
By: /s/ Peter R. Dolan
  
By: /s/ Harrison M. Bains, Jr.
   
Peter R. Dolan
  
Harrison M. Bains, Jr.
   
Chief Executive Officer
  
Acting Chief Financial Officer
   
August 14, 2002
  
August 14, 2002
   

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EX-99.2 8 dex992.htm STATEMENT UNDER OATH Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Statement Under Oath
 
Exhibit 99.2
 
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
 
I, Peter R. Dolan, state and attest that:
 
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
 
 
 
no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and
 
 
 
no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
 
(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.
 
(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:
 
 
 
Annual Report of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2001;
 
 
 
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and definitive proxy materials of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
 
 
 
any amendments to any of the foregoing.
 
/s/ Peter R. Dolan
  
Subscribed and sworn to
Peter R. Dolan
  
before me this 14th day of August 2002
August 14, 2002
  
/s/ Sandra Leung
    
Sandra Leung
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 12/31/05
 

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EX-99.3 9 dex993.htm STATEMENT UNDER OATH Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Statement Under Oath
 
Exhibit 99.3
 
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
 
I, Harrison M. Bains, Jr., state and attest that:
 
(1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
 
 
 
no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and
 
 
 
no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
 
(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.
 
(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:
 
 
 
Annual Report of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2001;
 
 
 
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and definitive proxy materials of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
 
 
 
any amendments to any of the foregoing.
 
/s/ Harrison M. Bains, Jr.
  
Subscribed and sworn to
Harrison M. Bains, Jr.
  
before me this 14th day of August 2002
August 14, 2002
  
/s/ Sandra Leung
    
Sandra Leung
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 12/31/05

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