Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  DANIELS BRIAN
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/04/2008		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO [(BMY)]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, ROUTE 206 & PROVINCELINE ROAD		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP Global Development
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

PRINCETON, NJ 08543		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $0.10 par value 37,141 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Executive Option (right to buy) 03/06/2002(2) 03/05/2011 Common Stock, $0.10 par value 15,775 $ 59.78 D  
Option (right to buy)   (3) 07/31/2010 Common Stock, $0.10 par value 12,620 $ 48.73 D  
Option (right to buy) 03/05/2003(3) 03/04/2012 Common Stock, $0.10 par value 18,000 $ 48.08 D  
Option (right to buy) 03/04/2004(3) 03/03/2013 Common Stock, $0.10 par value 5,989 $ 23.14 D  
Option (right to buy)   (3) 03/01/2014 Common Stock, $0.10 par value 18,750 $ 28.11 D  
Option (right to buy)   (4) 02/28/2015 Common Stock, $0.10 par value 15,650 $ 25.45 D  
Option (right to buy)   (5) 03/06/2016 Common Stock, $0.10 par value 17,940 $ 22.73 D  
Option (right to buy)   (6) 03/05/2017 Common Stock, $0.10 par value 37,875 $ 27.01 D  
Restricted Stock Units   (7)   (7) Common Stock, $0.10 par value 9,465 $ (8) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
DANIELS BRIAN
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
ROUTE 206 & PROVINCELINE ROAD
PRINCETON, NJ 08543		       SVP Global Development  

Signatures

/s/ Daniels, M.D., Brian 03/05/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The total includes 26,480 shares of unvested restricted stock plus 10,661 shares held in a retail account.
(2) Option is not exercisable until the closing share price of common stock achieves a price of at least 15% above the option grant price and remains at that price for seven consecutive trading days. Shares vest one-third per year, on a cumulative basis, on the third, fourth, and fifth anniversaries of the grant date.
(3) Currently Exercisable.
(4) 7,837 shares are currently exercisable. An additional 7,813 shares will become exercisable on March 1, 2009.
(5) 5,980 shares will become exercisable on each of March 7, 2008, March 7, 2009, and March 7, 2010.
(6) 9,468 shares will become exercisable on March 6, 2008 and 9,469 shares will become exercisable on each of March 6, 2009, March 6, 2010, and March 6, 2011.
(7) 2,366 shares will vest on each of March 7, 2008, March 7, 2009, and March 7, 2010 and 2,367 shares will vest on March 7, 2011.
(8) Each restricted stock unit converts into one share of common stock upon vesting.

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