NEW YORK, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today declared a quarterly dividend of twenty-eight cents ($0.28) per share on the $.10 par value Common Stock of the corporation. The quarterly dividend will be payable on May 1, 2007 to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 6, 2007.
The Directors also declared a quarterly dividend of fifty cents ($0.50) per share on the $2.00 Convertible Preferred Stock of the corporation, payable June 1, 2007 to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 4, 2007.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is a global pharmaceutical and related health care products company whose mission is to extend and enhance human life.
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