Company: BLCO
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013244
Chunk: 8

Company: Bausch & Lomb Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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 Governance Guidelines when reviewing the Board composition in the director nomination and re-nomination process. Any search firm engaged to assist in identifying candidates for appointment to the Board will be directed to consider the desire of the Company to have its Board reflect a wide range of attributes, competencies, characteristics and backgrounds. Submitting Director Recommendations to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will also consider director recommendations submitted by the Company’s shareholders. Shareholders who wish to have the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consider their recommendations should submit their recommendation in writing to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, attention: Chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Bausch + Lomb Corporation, 520 Applewood Crescent, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 4B4. Director recommendations made by shareholders in such manner will undergo the same evaluation by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board as all other director nominees. For more detailed information on this evaluation process, please refer to the charter of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which is available on the Company’s website at www.bausch.com(under the tab “Investors” and under the subtab “Corporate Governance—Governance Documents”). For additional information regarding our director standards, please refer to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are available on the Company’s website at www.bausch.com(under the tab “Investors” and under the subtab “Corporate Governance—Governance Documents”). In order for a director candidate nominated by a shareholder to be included as a nominee in the management proxy circular and proxy statement for an Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bausch + Lomb, such shareholder’s nomination must satisfy the criteria and procedures prescribed under the CBCA and in Bausch + Lomb’s by-laws. For additional information regarding the deadlines and procedures for submitting such nominations to Bausch + Lomb, please see the discussion on page 73under “Other Shareholder Proposals and Director Nominations for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.” Director Independence The Board believes that, in order to be effective, our Board must be able to operate independently of management. As described in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, available on our website at www.bausch.com(under the tab “Investors” and under the subtab “Corporate Governance—Governance Documents”), a sufficient number of directors must satisfy the applicable tests of independence, such that the Board complies with all independence requirements under corporate and securities laws and stock