Starboard Issues Investor Presentation Opposing Bristol-Myers Squibb's Ill-Advised Proposed Acquisition of Celgene

Mails Definitive Proxy Materials and a BLUE Proxy Card for Shareholders to Vote AGAINST the Proposed Transaction at the Upcoming Special Meeting

Believes the Proposed Merger with Celgene is Not in the Best Interests of Bristol-Myers Shareholders and Urges All Shareholders to Reject the Proposed Transaction

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Starboard Value LP

Mar 19, 2019, 07:00 ET

NEW YORK, March 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Starboard Value LP (together with its affiliates, "Starboard"), a stockholder of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ("Bristol-Myers" or the "Company")(NYSE: BMY), today announced that it has issued an investor presentation opposing the Company's proposed merger with Celgene Corporation (the "Merger"), which it believes is ill-advised and not in the best interests of Bristol-Myers shareholders. Starboard also announced today that it has mailed definitive proxy materials and a BLUE proxy card in connection with the Company's Special Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to take place on April 12, 2019, at which Bristol-Myers shareholders will vote on the issuance of shares of Bristol-Myers common stock pursuant to the Merger.

The investor presentation and definitive proxy materials are available for viewing at www.shareholdersforbristol.com.

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