Form 11-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 11-K

 

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-1136

 

A.

Full title of the plan and the address of plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

 

B.

Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

345 PARK AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10154

(212) 546-4000

 

 

 


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SIGNATURE

The Plan

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Savings Plan Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

     

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

Date: June 27, 2012

     

By:

 

    /s/ Jeffrey Galik

       

    Jeffrey Galik

    Chairman, Bristol-Myers Squibb

    Company Savings Plan Committee


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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE

 

     Page No.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available For Benefits – As of December 31, 2011 and 2010

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available For Benefits – For the Year Ended December  31, 2011

   4

Notes to Financial Statements

   5 to 14

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE:

  

Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line (4i)  – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2011

   S-1

EXHIBIT 23a – Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   E-1

All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Participants of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Employee Incentive Thrift Plan and the

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Savings Plan Committee

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Incentive Thrift Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Program’s management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Incentive Thrift Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at December 31, 2011) is presented only for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2011 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC

Morristown, New Jersey

June 27, 2012

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010

 

(Dollars in Thousands)   

2011

   

2010

 

Assets:

    

Participant directed investments, at fair value:

    

Plan interest in Savings Plan Master Trust

   $     65,457      $     63,406   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Receivables:

    

Employer contributions

     445        12   

Participants contributions

     15        26   

Notes receivable from participants

     692        559   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total receivables

     1,152        597   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets Available for Benefits, at fair value

     66,609        64,003   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (402     (493
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets Available for Benefits

   $ 66,207      $ 63,510   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

 

(Dollars in Thousands)       

Additions:

  

Plan’s share of net investment income in Savings Plan Master Trust

   $ 9,674   

Contributions:

  

Employer contributions

     1,502   

Participants contributions

     2,326   

Rollover contributions

     44   

Interest on participant loans

     35   
  

 

 

 

Total additions

     13,581   
  

 

 

 

Deductions:

  

Distributions and withdrawals

     (10,879

Administrative expenses

     (5
  

 

 

 

Total deductions

     (10,884
  

 

 

 

Increase in net assets

     2,697   

Net Assets Available for Benefits:

  

Beginning of Year

     63,510   
  

 

 

 

End of Year

   $         66,207   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 – PLAN DESCRIPTION AND RELATED INFORMATION

Description of the Plan – The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Incentive Thrift Plan (the Plan) is a defined contribution retirement plan that includes a cash or deferred arrangement as defined by Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) and sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the Company). The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and is intended to be a qualified plan under section 401(a) of the Code.

The description of the Plan in the following notes provides only general information and does not modify any provision of the Plan. Participants should refer to the Plan’s governing document and/or Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

Plan Administration – The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Savings Plan Committee (the Committee) is the Administrator, as defined by ERISA, of the Plan and named fiduciary with respect to Plan assets. Fidelity Employer Services Company provides recordkeeping services with respect to the Plan. The assets of the Plan are maintained in the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Savings Plan Master Trust (the Savings Plan Master Trust), of which Fidelity Management Trust (Fidelity Trust) serves as directed trustee.

Employee Eligibility – In general, any United States employee who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for participation in the Plan is eligible to participate following their date of hire, although the Company matching contributions do not begin until an eligible employee has completed six months of service as prescribed by the Plan.

Participant Contributions – Participants can elect to contribute up to 25% of his or her annual benefit salary or wages (as defined in the Plan document) on a pre-tax and/or after-tax basis, in all events, subject to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) annual limits and non-discrimination test results. Effective January 1, 2011, the definition of salary or wages was expanded so that in addition to base salary or wages it now includes: (1) overtime and shift differentials and (2) bonuses. The expanded definition of salary or wages applies for purposes of determining employee contributions and all employer contributions made on behalf of each eligible participant. Automatic contributions begin starting with the first available payroll period after the date that is 45 days after the employee’s date of hire. These contributions will be identical to pre-tax contributions elected by a participant, including immediate 100% vesting and matched on the same terms. The participant may change the contribution rate, including ceasing all elective contributions, and may elect after-tax or a combination of pre-tax and after-tax elective contributions at any time. In the absence of an affirmative investment direction from the participant, 100% of the automatic contribution will be invested in the qualified default investment alternative, which is currently the T. Rowe Price Retirement Fund for the year closest to the year in which the participant would attain age 65. The Plan also has an annual increase feature, thereby allowing participants to schedule an automatic increase in their pre-tax and/or after-tax contributions to the Plan of 1% to 3% annually, subject in all events to the Plan’s maximum deferral rate of 25%. Upon taking a hardship distribution, participant contributions are suspended for six months.

The Plan allows for catch-up contributions for participants who are 50 years of age or older. Catch-up contributions are intended to give eligible participants the opportunity to make additional pre-tax contributions over the applicable IRS and Plan limits. Catch-up contributions can be from 1% to 25% of the participant’s annual benefit salary or wages, but was limited to $5,500 in 2011 and 2010. There is no Company match on catch-up contributions.

Employer Contributions – During 2010, the Company contributed a matching contribution equal to 75% of pre-tax and/or after-tax contributions on up to 6% of the participant’s annual benefit salary or wages. Effective January 1, 2011, the Company’s matching contribution changed to 100% of pre-tax and/or after-tax contributions on up to 5% of the participant’s annual benefit salary or wages.

Effective January 1, 2011, the Company may make an additional annual contribution for each eligible employee regardless of whether the eligible employee contributes to the Plan. The additional annual contribution will be determined as a defined percentage of salary or wages, which ranges from 1% to 2%, and will be based on points equal to the sum of age plus years of service, rounded up, as of the December 31st of the calendar year for which the contribution is made. Subject to limited exceptions, to be an eligible employee, the employee must be actively employed as defined in the Plan documents, on December 31st of the year for which the contribution is made. The limited exceptions include that the otherwise eligible employee is not actively at work on the last day of the year due to death or retirement during the year. At December 31, 2011, the Program accrued additional annual Company contributions of $439 thousand, which were funded in the subsequent year.

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Investment Decisions – The Plan gives participants the opportunity to direct the manner in which contributions made to the Plan in their name, including matching contributions, and earnings thereon, are invested among a variety of investment funds. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, contributions were invested in any one or more of the funds which comprise the Savings Plan Master Trust, see “—Note 5. Savings Plan Master Trust” for further information regarding investments. The default fund for all contributions as to which no affirmative investment direction is given was changed to the qualified default investment alternative which is currently the T. Rowe Price Retirement Fund for the year closest to the year in which the participant would attain age 65.

Participant Accounts – Each participant’s account under the Plan is credited with the participant’s elected pre-tax and/or after-tax contributions, the Company’s matching contribution, and the participant’s respective share of Plan earnings and is charged with participant withdrawals and distributions, and the participant’s respective share of Plan losses. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the participant’s vested Plan account.

Participant Loans While employed, a participant may request a loan from the Plan. The amount of the loan may not exceed the lesser of (1) 50% of the participant’s entire vested interest under the Plan, determined as of the valuation date, or (2) $50,000 less the highest outstanding loan balance during the previous 12 months. As permitted by IRS regulations and the terms of the Plan, loans are secured by the balance in the participant accounts and bear interest at rates set by the Committee. Repayments and interest are credited to the Plan account of the participant.

Withdrawals Prior to Retirement – While employed, a participant may withdraw all or part of the employee and vested employer contributions, subject to certain restrictions imposed pursuant to the Plan and excise taxes imposed by the Code.

Vesting – Matching contributions vest at the rate of 20% for each year of qualifying service. In addition, upon becoming eligible for benefits under the Company’s long-term disability benefits plan, death or normal retirement, a participant will become 100% vested in matching contributions regardless of his or her years of service. A participant is always 100% vested in pre-tax, after-tax, rollover contributions from other plans and catch-up contributions as well as earnings thereon.

Forfeitures – If a participant’s employment terminates before he or she has become fully vested, the unvested portion of matching contributions credited to his or her account are forfeited (as of the earlier of (1) when the participant receives a distribution, or (2) the end of the period of five consecutive one-year breaks in service) and may be used to reduce future matching contributions or pay expenses of Plan administration. During the year ended December 31, 2011, matching contributions were not reduced by forfeitures. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the balance of unused forfeited funds available to offset future Company matching contributions was $10 and $0 thousand, respectively. Participants who return to work for the Company who were partially or fully vested prior to their termination will be reinstated to their previous level of vesting and may immediately enroll in the Plan.

Termination of Employment and Payment of Benefits – Upon the termination of employment, the participant, or in the event of his or her death, the participant’s spouse or designated beneficiary, may, under varying circumstances, receive (1) a lump sum payment, (2) installment payments for a period between two and 15 years, and in the event there are minimum required distributions, the installment payment shall not exceed the joint life expectancy of the participant and the participant’s spouse (five years if payment is by reason of death), or (3) an annuity for employees hired prior to October 1, 1994. If the participant chooses to have payments made in annual installments, then the participant may also choose to have payments continue to his or her beneficiary if the participant dies before receiving all of the installments. If the participant chooses to have the payment made in installments and does not elect to have payments continue to his or her beneficiary on an installment basis, in the event of the participant’s death, the beneficiary can choose to receive the unpaid balance in a single payment or over a period of two to five years. In each case the payment will be based on the vested value in the respective funds allocated to the participant.

Net Transfers – A participant’s account may be transferred to or from another qualified defined contribution plan sponsored by the Company if his or her employment status changes such that he or she becomes eligible to participate in a different plan. A participant’s account could also be transferred to another company’s qualified defined contribution plan if required by the terms of a Company transaction. Similarly, new accounts could be transferred in from another company’s qualified defined contribution plan, if required under the terms of a business acquisition. For a discussion of significant transfer activity, see “—Note 2. Significant Plan Activity.”

Payment of Benefits – Benefit payments are recorded upon distribution. There were no amounts allocated to accounts of persons who have elected to withdraw from the Plan but have not yet been paid as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Termination of the Plan Although the Company has not expressed any intent to do so, it has the right to discontinue its contributions, amend, and terminate the Plan at anytime in its sole discretion in accordance with the provisions of ERISA. If the Plan is terminated, the interest of each participant in all unvested employer contributions will vest immediately.

During 2011, as a result of the Company outsourcing certain functions, the Plan experienced a partial termination. Affected participants became 100% vested in their Plan accounts.

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 2 SIGNIFICANT PLAN ACTIVITY

On December 23, 2009, the Company completed a divestiture of the Company’s remaining interest in Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (Mead Johnson) through a split-off by offering its previously owned 170 million shares of Mead Johnson common stock in exchange for 269 million outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. In conjunction with the split-off, participants in the Company Common Stock Fund had the one-time option to exchange one share of Bristol-Myers Squibb common stock held for a 0.6313 share of Mead Johnson common stock. Participants tendered 14,727 Bristol-Myers Squibb common shares for 9,297 Mead Johnson common shares initially valued at $402 thousand. Balances remained in the Mead Johnson Stock Fund for two years following the split-off date but no new contributions or transfers into the Mead Johnson Stock Fund were permitted. Participants may have directed the trustee to liquidate some or all of their holdings in the Mead Johnson Stock Fund at any time during this two year period and reinvested the proceeds in other funds available under this Plan. The fund was discontinued effective December 22, 2011. The remaining participant balances were transferred, at that date, to other funds offered by the Plan as directed by the Plan participants. If no direction was provided, then the remaining balance was transferred to the T. Rowe Price Retirement Fund for the year closest to the year in which the participant would attain age 65.

NOTE 3 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Accounting – The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP).

Investment Valuation – The assets of the Plan, as well as the assets of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Savings and Investment Program (the Savings Program) and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Puerto Rico, Inc. Savings and Investment Program (the Puerto Rico Program) are maintained in the Savings Plan Master Trust, see “—Note 5. Savings Plan Master Trust.” For a discussion of the valuation policies for each investment class, see “—Note 4. Fair Value Measurement.”

Income Recognition – Interest, dividends, and realized and unrealized gains/(losses) earned/(incurred) from participation in the Savings Plan Master Trust are allocated to the Plan based upon participants’ account balances and activity. This investment activity is presented on a net basis in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits as the Plan’s share of net investment income in the Savings Plan Master Trust and is accounted for as follows:

 

   

Interest is recorded by the Savings Plan Master Trust as earned.

 

   

Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

   

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded by the Savings Plan Master Trust on a trade-date basis.

 

   

Realized gains and losses for security transactions are recorded using the average cost method.

Administrative Expenses – All expenses incurred by the Plan are the obligation of the Plan and are payable by the Savings Plan Master Trust fund’s assets unless the Company, in its sole discretion, pays such expenses, in which event, the Company may request and the Savings Plan Master Trust may provide reimbursement to the Company. Fees charged to the Plan for investment management services are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and are not separately reflected in the Plan’s share of net investment income in the Savings Plan Master Trust. Consequently, these fees are reflected as a reduction of investment return for such investments.

Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of additions and deductions to the net assets available for benefits during the reporting period. Actual results may or may not differ from estimated results.

Risks and Uncertainties – The Savings Plan Master Trust holds various investment instruments. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate risk, credit risk, and overall market volatility. The Savings Plan Master Trust is exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the GIC issuers. However, GIC issuer non-performance is not considered probable and the risk to the Savings Plan Master Trust portfolio from credit loss is mitigated by the diversified nature of the assets held. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in value of investment securities, it is reasonably possible that significant changes in the values of investment securities could occur in the near term and such changes could have a material adverse effect on the Plan’s financial statements.

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Income Taxes and Tax Status – In the Plan’s latest determination letter dated July 8, 2003, the IRS stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code. Although the Plan has been amended and restated since receiving the determination letter, the Plan Administrator believes, to the best of its knowledge, that the Plan is currently designed and operated in material compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and ERISA, and that the Plan and Savings Plan Master Trust continue to be exempt from federal income taxes pursuant to Section 501(a) of the Code. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements. Contributions made by participants on a pre-tax basis, the Company’s matching contributions, and the earnings thereon are not included in participants’ gross income for purposes of federal income taxes until distributed from the Plan. The Company applied for an updated determination letter during January 2011. The application is currently under review by the IRS.

U.S. GAAP requires Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a related tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. Plan management has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2011, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions. The Program is currently under examination by the IRS for the 2010 plan year. The examination is currently in the preliminary stages and management has responded to all information requests. Plan management believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2008. In addition, there have been no tax related interest or penalties for periods presented in these financial statements.

NOTE 4 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

Fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the Plan utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as considers counterparty credit risk. Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair values of Savings Plan Master Trust investments held are classified into the following fair value hierarchy levels:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

Level 2: Observable prices for similar instruments, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, or other observable inputs that can be corroborated by market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities

Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

The Savings Plan Master Trust’s investment valuation policies for each investment class are as follows:

 

   

The Company Stock Fund and Mead Johnson Stock Fund consist primarily of shares of common stock of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, respectively, and are valued based upon quoted prices at the last reported sales price at the end of the year, or, if there was not a sale that day, the last reported bid price. From time to time, the Company Stock Fund and Mead Johnson Stock Fund may invest in U.S. government obligations or other investments of a short-term nature, which will ultimately be used for the purchase of shares of common stock of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, respectively. Such investments are valued at cost plus interest earned, which approximates fair value.

 

   

Mutual funds are valued at quoted market prices which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end.

 

   

Money market instruments are valued at cost plus interest earned, which approximates their fair value.

 

   

Common collective trust (CCT) fund fair values are determined daily by the respective fund manager and represent the net asset value (NAV) of the underlying investments within the respective CCTs. The net asset value represents the price at which Plan participants would transact their respective CCT interest at any point in time. The CCTs are comprised of equity index funds and equity funds primarily invested in publicly traded securities, cash investments, and other short term investments. There were no significant unfunded commitments or restrictions on redemptions related to the CCTs as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

 

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EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

   

Fixed Income Fund investments include fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, comprised of traditional guaranteed investment contracts (GICs), security-backed contracts (synthetic GICs), and the Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund, a fixed income collective trust fund. These investments are stated at fair value within the Plan’s interest in Savings Plan Master Trust line item and then adjusted on a separate line item to contract value in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits. The Fixed Income Fund utilizes a NAV that reflects interest earned by a daily increase to NAV. There were no significant unfunded commitments or restrictions on redemptions related to the Fixed Income Fund as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

The fair value of the GICs is calculated by discounting the related cash flows based on current yields of similar instruments with comparable durations.

The fair value of synthetic GICs equals the total of the fair value of the underlying assets plus the fair value of the wrapper contract. A wrapper contract is an agreement by another party to make payments to the Fixed Income Fund in certain circumstances. The fair value of these wrapper contracts was not considered to be material as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. Wrapper contracts are designed to allow synthetic GIC portfolios to maintain NAV and to ensure the future minimum interest crediting rate does not fall below zero. The assets underlying the synthetic GICs were primarily comprised of U.S. government securities in fixed income funds. The fair value of the fixed income funds is determined by the respective fund manager on a daily basis and represents the NAV of the underlying investments. In the event that wrapper contracts fail to perform as intended, the Fixed Income Fund’s NAV may decline if the market value of its assets declines. The Fixed Income Fund’s ability to receive amounts due pursuant to these wrapper contracts is dependent on the third-party issuer’s ability to meet their financial obligations. The wrapper issuer’s ability to meet its contractual obligations under the wrapper contracts may be affected by future economic and regulatory developments.

The Fixed Income Fund is unlikely to maintain a stable NAV if, for any reason, it cannot obtain or maintain wrapper contracts covering all of its underlying assets. This could result from the Fund’s inability to promptly find a replacement wrapper contract following termination of a wrapper contract. Wrapper contracts are non-transferable and have no trading market. There are a limited number of wrapper issuers.

The fair value of the Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund is determined by the fund manager on a daily basis and represents the NAV of the underlying investments. The Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund primarily invests in GICs, synthetic GICs, and cash equivalents.

The valuation methods as described may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, although the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

For the Plan’s Savings Plan Master Trust investments by fair value hierarchy level described above, see “—Note 5. Savings Plan Master Trust.”

 

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EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

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NOTE 5 – SAVINGS PLAN MASTER TRUST

The Plan’s investment assets are held in the Savings Plan Master Trust, a tax-exempt collective trust described in IRS Revenue Ruling 81-100. The Plan’s share of the Savings Plan Master Trust’s net assets and investment activities is based upon the total of each individual participant’s share of the Savings Plan Master Trust.

The major classes of investments within the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits of the Savings Plan Master Trust as of December 31 were as follows:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)   

2011

   

2010

 
Investments:             
Level 1             

Company Stock Funds

    

*Company Stock Fund – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Common Stock

   $ 732,142      $ 594,638   

*Mead Johnson Stock Fund – Mead Johnson Nutrition Company Common Stock

     —          19,109   

Mutual Funds:

    

Growth/Growth and Income Funds

    

*Fidelity Growth Company Fund

     398,902        399,275   

*Fidelity Puritan Fund

     119,966        114,170   

Bond Index Funds

    

*Spartan U.S. Bond Index Fund

     216,147        189,162   

Equity Funds

    

Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc.

     90,794        72,494   

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund

     122,566        129,407   

American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund – Class R5

     110,784        130,329   

Asset Allocation Funds

    

T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds

     255,437        106,632   

Money Market Funds and Other

    

*Company Stock Fund – Fidelity Management Trust Company Institutional Cash Portfolio

     8,963        6,004   

*Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio

     207,453        198,627   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Level 1 Investments

     2,263,154        1,959,847   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
Level 2     

Fixed Income Funds

    

Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund (Note 6)

     144,317        78,414   

Synthetic GICs (Note 6)

     377,744        332,879   

GICs (Note 6)

     217,985        —     

Common Collective Trust Funds:

    

Equity Index Funds

    

*Fidelity U.S. Equity Index Commingled Pool – Class 2

     261,010        254,259   

Northern Trust Global Investments QM Daily Russell 2000 Equity Index Fund

     123,214        125,544   

Equity Funds

    

The Goldman Sachs Collective Trust Strategic Value Fund

     117,554        136,596   

Jennison Associates Small Capital Core Equity Fund

     87,226        78,179   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Level 2 Investments

     1,329,050        1,005,871   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
Level 3     

Fixed Income Fund – GICs (Note 6)

     —          300,341   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments, at fair value

     3,592,204        3,266,059   

Adjustments from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (22,421     (25,272
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets of the Savings Plan Master Trust

   $ 3,569,783      $ 3,240,787   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Plan’s interest in Savings Plan Master Trust, at fair value

   $ 65,457      $ 63,406   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Plan’s interest in Savings Plan Master Trust, as a percentage of the total investments, at fair value

     2%        2%   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

*Denotes a party-in-interest to the Plan.

 

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The Plan’s estimated share of investments within the Savings Plan Master Trust stated at fair value that represented 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)   

2011

    

2010

Investment:

     

Company Stock Fund – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Common Stock

   $     31,391       $    29,260

Fidelity Growth Company Fund

     ***       3,516

Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio

     6,020       5,436

Fixed Income Fund – GICs*

     3,914       5,705

Fixed Income Fund – Synthetic GICS**

     6,963       6,661

* The contract value of this investment was $3,794 and $5,392 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

** The contract value of this investment was $6,749 and $6,661 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

*** This investment did not meet the 5% threshold at December 31, 2011.

The following table summarizes the activity for those financial assets within the Savings Plan Master Trust where fair value measurements are estimated utilizing Level 3 inputs during 2011 and 2010:

 

    

Fixed Income Fund – GICs

 
(Dollars in Thousands)   

2011

   

2010

 

Fair value as of January 1

   $     300,341      $ 369,683   

Transfers out

     (300,341     —     

Unrealized losses included in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

     —          (1,698

Settlements

     —          (67,644
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value as of December 31

   $ —        $     300,341   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

During 2011, observable inputs for the GIC portion of the Fixed Income Fund became available which resulted in the transfer of these assets to Level 2 classification. Transfers between levels are recognized at the beginning of the reporting period.

The total net investment income of the Savings Plan Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2011 was as follows:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)       

Net investment income:

  

Interest income

   $ 6,964   

Dividend income

     55,690   

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

     148,711   
  

 

 

 

Total net investment income

   $     211,365   
  

 

 

 

The net appreciation in the fair value of the Savings Plan Master Trust investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) by major class of investment and level within the fair value hierarchy for the year ended December 31, 2011 was as follows:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)       

Level 1

  

Company and Mead Johnson Stock Funds

   $ 191,730   

Growth/Growth and Income Funds

     (11,959

Bond Index Funds

     7,367   

Equity Funds

     (38,005

Asset Allocation Funds

     (13,353

Level 2

  

Equity Index Funds

     257   

Equity Funds

     (11,109

Fixed Income Funds

     23,783   
  

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

   $         148,711   
  

 

 

 

 

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EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 6 – FIXED INCOME FUND

The Plan offers a Fixed Income Fund, within the Savings Plan Master Trust, as an investment available to participants. The Fixed Income Fund holds GICs and synthetic GICs with various issuers in several fully benefit-responsive investment contracts plus a collective trust fund which provide a guarantee of principal and interest at a guaranteed rate. Each fully benefit-responsive investment contract is presented in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits at fair value within the Plan’s interest in the Savings Plan Master Trust line item and then adjusted on a separate line item in the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits to contract value. Contract value represents contributions made to the fund, plus earnings on the underlying investments, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at any time at contract value, which represents the Fixed Income Fund’s NAV, as reported by the fund manager. Certain events may limit the ability of the fund to transact at contract value with the issuer, such as premature termination of the contracts by the fund, significant plant closings, significant layoffs, plan terminations, bankruptcy, mergers, or the Plan’s loss of its qualified status. Plan management believes that the occurrence of events that would cause participants to transact at less than contract value is not probable. The issuers may not terminate a contract at any amount less than contract value.

There are currently no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuers or otherwise.

The GIC and synthetic GIC issuers are contractually obligated to pay the principal and specified interest rate that is guaranteed to the Plan. All contracts pay interest on a net basis. The crediting interest rate is reset and declared on a daily basis. The crediting interest rate is based on a formula agreed upon with the issuer, but may not be less than the percentage based on the individual contracts which range during 2011 from 2.23% to 5.86% for the Plan. The Plan’s Fixed Income Fund crediting interest rate was 3.4% and 3.8% as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The key factors that influence future interest crediting rates for a wrapper contract include current interest rates, the investment returns generated by the fixed income investments that back the wrapper contract, and the duration of the underlying investments backing the wrapper contract. At any point in time, the Fixed Income Fund’s average yield will be a combined rate based upon the balances and the interest rates of the investments which comprise the fund, and depends on the amount of contributions invested in the fund, the amounts withdrawn from the fund and the amounts transferred to and from the fund. The fund’s average yield is measured by the investment manager using general market reporting methods. The crediting interest rate at any date is the weighted-average of the yields on the individual contracts and other investments in the Fixed Income Fund on that date.

The average yields for investment contracts with issuers for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

 

    

2011

   

2010

 

Average yields:

    

Based on annualized earnings (1)

     2.86     3.48

Based on interest rate credited to participants (2)

     3.40     3.78

 

(1)

Computed by dividing the annualized one-day actual earnings of the investment contract on the last day of the Plan year by the fair value of the investments on the same date.

(2)

Computed by dividing the annualized one-day earnings credited to participants on the last day of the Plan year by the fair value of the investments on the same date.

 

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EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Fixed Income Fund investments as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)   

S&P
Rating*

  

2011

    

Per Annum
Interest Rates
on Contracts
Held in 2011

 

2010

    

Per Annum
Interest Rates
on Contracts
Held in 2010

 

Maturity

Dates on
Contracts Held

Guaranteed Investment Contracts:

               

Hartford Life Insurance Company

   A    $ 57,249       5.12%   $ 56,656       5.12%   2012

Hartford Life Insurance Company

   A      38,778       5.86%     39,510       5.86%   2012

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

   AA-      44,512       5.31%     83,836       5.31%   2013

New York Life Insurance Company

   AA-      —         5.56%     8,146       5.56%   2011

Prudential Life Insurance Company

   AA-      5,686       4.81%     7,087       4.81%   2012

Prudential Life Insurance Company

   AA-      71,760       4.20%     105,106       4.20%   2013
     

 

 

      

 

 

      

Total Guaranteed Investment Contracts, at fair value

        217,985           300,341        
     

 

 

      

 

 

      

Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts:

               

J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   A+      78,152       3.25%     85,075       2.87%  

Monumental Life Insurance Company

   AA-      169,145       3.61%     160,506       3.54%  

United of Omaha Life Insurance Company

   A+      130,447       2.27%     87,298       2.23%  
     

 

 

      

 

 

      

Total Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts, at fair value

        377,744           332,879        
     

 

 

      

 

 

      

Collective Trust Fund:

               

Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund, at fair value

   A+      144,317       —       78,414       —    
     

 

 

      

 

 

      

Total Fixed Income Fund Investments, at fair value

      $ 740,046         $ 711,634        
     

 

 

      

 

 

      

*As of December 31, 2011.

NOTE 7 – RECONCILIATION TO FORM 5500

The accompanying financial statements present fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs held in the Fixed Income Fund at contract value. The Form 5500 requires fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs to be reported at fair value. Therefore, the adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs represents a reconciling item. Additionally, the Form 5500 requires the Savings Plan Master Trust to file a separate 5500 as a direct filing entity, which includes the total Savings Plan Master Trust administrative expenses per Schedule C Service Provider Information. As such, the Plan does not report administrative expenses attributable to the Savings Plan Master Trust on the Plan Form 5500 filing. The Form 5500 also requires participant loans to be recorded as investments, while U.S. GAAP requires participant loans to be recorded as notes receivable from participants.

The following is a reconciliation of the Plan interest in the Savings Plan Master Trust per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)   

2011

   

2010

 

Plan interest in Savings Plan Master Trust per the financial statements

   $ 65,457      $ 63,406   

Less: Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (402     (493

Add: Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs

     278        177   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Value of interest in master trust investment accounts per the Form 5500

   $ 65,333      $ 63,090   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)   

2011

    

2010

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 66,207       $ 63,510   

Add: Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs

     278         177   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

   $ 66,485       $ 63,687   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The following is a reconciliation of the Plan’s share of net investment income in the Savings Plan Master Trust per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)       

Plan’s share of net investment income in Savings Plan Master Trust per the financial statements

   $     9,674   

Less: Administrative expenses related to the Savings Plan Master Trust per the financial statements

     (5

Less: Reversal of prior year adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICS

     (177

Add: Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs

     278   
  

 

 

 

Net investment gain from master trust investment accounts per the Form 5500

   $ 9,770   
  

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of the total additions per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)       

Total additions per the financial statements

   $     13,581   

Less: Administrative expenses related to the Savings Plan Master Trust per the financial statements

     (5

Less: Reversal of prior year adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICS

     (177

Add: Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs

     278   
  

 

 

 

Total income per the Form 5500

   $ 13,677   
  

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of net increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)     

Increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $    2,697

Less: Reversal of prior year adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICS

   (177)

Add: Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic GICs

   278
  

 

Total net income per the Form 5500

   $2,798
  

 

NOTE 8 – EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

Certain Plan investments are shares in registered mutual funds or units in pooled investment funds managed by affiliates of Fidelity Trust through the Savings Plan Master Trust. The transactions involving the registered mutual funds are exempt party-in-interest transactions pursuant to the Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 77-4 and the transactions involving the pooled investment funds are exempt party-in-interest transactions pursuant to Section 408(b)(8) of ERISA. The Plan also invests in shares of the Company and prior to December 22, 2011, of Mead Johnson. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Plan held 0.8 million shares and 1.1 million shares, respectively, of Company common stock with a cost basis of $20.0 million and $23.3 million, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Plan recorded dividend income on the Company’s common stock of $1.1 million. As of December 31, 2010, the Plan held 8 thousand shares of Mead Johnson common stock with a cost basis of $272 thousand,. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Plan recorded dividend income on Mead Johnson’s common stock of $8 thousand. The transactions in Company common stock were exempt party-in-interest transactions pursuant to Section 408(e) of ERISA. In addition, certain Plan participants borrowed from the Plan. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the outstanding loans of the Plan participants were $692 thousand and $559 thousand, respectively, with interest rates ranging from 4.25% to 9.25% and varying maturity dates. Plan participants are a party-in-interest to the Plan and the loans were exempt party-in-interest transactions pursuant to section 408(b)(1) of ERISA.

 

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FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE (4i)

  

PLAN NUMBER: 007

EIN NUMBER: 22-0790350

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2011

(IN THOUSANDS)

 

(a)   

(b) Identity of issue,

borrower, lessor

or similar party

  

(c) Description of investment

including maturity date,

rate of interest, collateral,

par or maturity value

   (d) Cost Value **      (e) Current Value  

*

  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Savings Plan Master Trust

   Plan’s interest in the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Savings Plan Master Trust    $ —         $ 65,457   

*

  

Plan participants

   Participant loans, with varying maturity dates ranging from 2012 to 2016, and interest rates ranging from 4.25% and 9.25%      —           692   
           

 

 

 
      Total       $ 66,149   
           

 

 

 

 

*

Denotes a party-in-interest to the Plan.

**

Cost information is not required for participant directed investments.

 

See report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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