Company: BLCO
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001860742-25-000004
Chunk: 173

Company: Bausch & Lomb Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 173
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Item 1A.    Risk FactorsOur business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations are subject to various risks and uncertainties. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this Form 10-K, including those risks set forth under the heading entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” and in other documents that we file with the SEC and the CSA, before making any investment decision with respect to our common shares or debt securities. If any of the risks or uncertainties actually occur or develop, our business, financial condition, cash flows, results of operations and/or future growth prospects could change, and such change could be materially adverse. Under these circumstances, the market value of our common shares and/or debt securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment in our common shares and/or debt securities.  Summary of Risk FactorsThe following is a summary of the risk factors our business faces. The list below is not exhaustive, and investors should read this “Risk Factors” section in full. Some of the risks we face include: •Current market and economic conditions in one or more of our markets could impact our ability to grow our business; •Inflation could materially adversely affect our business and operations;•We may not realize the anticipated benefits from the Separation, and the Separation could harm our business;•The Separation is subject to certain uncertainties. Furthermore, the Distribution or the Sale Transaction may not occur;•The Separation is subject to challenge and could be subject to further challenges in the future, any of which could delay or prevent the consummation of such transactions or cause them to occur on worse terms than we currently expect;•We have limited history of operating as an independent company, and our historical financial information prior to the B+L IPO is not necessarily representative of the results that we would have achieved as an independent or standalone company and may not be a reliable indicator of our future results;•Until the completion of the Separation, BHC will control the direction of our business, and the concentrated ownership of our common shares will prevent you and other shareholders from influencing significant decisions;•Some of our directors and officers may have actual or potential conflicts of interest because of their equity ownership in BHC, and some of our directors may have actual or potential conflicts of interest because they also serve as directors of BHC;•Potential tax liabilities that may arise as a result of the Separation or related transactions; •If the Distribution occurs pursuant to the public