BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO

We believe that our employees around the world are compassionate, purpose-driven professionals who embody our mission of discovering and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Together, their unyielding focus on patients defines our culture.

Demographics: As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 32,500 employees in 43 countries. Approximately 54% of our employees are located in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) and 46% are located outside of the U.S. We supplement our workforce with contingent and temporary workers, including certain independent contractors who provide certain specialized and skilled services.

People Strategy and Culture: Our People Strategy is designed to empower employees to shape the future, own impact, and thrive together as one, forming the foundation of a workplace culture that drives innovation, collaboration, and belonging. We seek to foster an inclusive and dynamic workplace that accelerates personal and business growth and creates an engaging experience that attracts, develops, and retains top talent reflective of the cultures, backgrounds, and experiences of our patients and communities around the world. This is core to how we operate, guiding decisions and strengthening our ability to deliver on our mission, execute our strategy, and create long-term value. We are an equal opportunity employer. We prioritize investment in enterprise-wide programs and policies that accelerate development and collaboration, creating a competitive advantage in recruiting, developing, and retaining our future workforce.

Career Growth and Development: BMS is committed to empowering every employee with the skills and capabilities needed to drive growth and transform patient lives through science. We are investing in next-generation platforms that enable employees to own their careers, including tools that promote internal mobility and the democratization of just-in-time learning resources. These investments reflect our shift toward a dynamic, forward-thinking framework for talent development that seeks to cultivate agility and unlock potential. Recognizing the transformative role of AI across industries, we are investing in upskilling our workforce to build confidence in the proper use and innovative application of these next-generation tools. Our vision of acknowledging everyone in the organization as a leader is addressed via a full suite of leadership development resources. Through these initiatives, we seek to build capabilities for delivering long-term value for patients and shareholders while providing employees with the resources and opportunities they need to own their impact.

Employee Engagement: Our workforce is focused on our vision of transforming patients’ lives through science. We are guided by our core values: Integrity, Passion, Inclusion, Innovation, Accountability, and Urgency. By encouraging employees around the world to think boldly, bring their authentic selves to work, ask challenging questions, and voice concerns, we create an energized environment of collaboration and co-design where innovative ideas and solutions can drive improved patient outcomes. We conduct confidential surveys that measure employee sentiment and actively seek feedback on topics such as culture and values, execution of our strategy, engagement, and individual development, among others. We include assessments of manager capabilities within these surveys to strengthen leadership effectiveness and team engagement.

Compensation and Well-being: We strive to create a unique experience for our people so they can thrive inside and outside of work.

•Compensation: Includes market competitive base salaries, annual incentives that recognize and reward company performance as well as individual results, and long-term equity incentives that focus employees on long-term value creation. We also offer sales-based incentives, special allowances, and peer-to-peer individual recognition.

•Well-being: We are committed to prioritizing the well-being of our workforce by providing holistic and inclusive benefits and well-being resources that help our people do their best work. We use data and insights to make choices that are highly valued by employees and support the resilience of our people and business.

Employee Health & Safety: We are committed to protecting our workforce, communities, and patients, thereby ensuring the continued supply of life-saving medicines. We have comprehensive policies that ensure all employees, contractors, and visitors to our sites, can work or conduct their visit safely. We provide a comprehensive in-house occupational health service to ensure any work-related illness or disease is identified early so that worker health can be protected.