Company: BLCO
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013244
Chunk: 87

Company: Bausch & Lomb Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 87
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 Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, on or before Thursday, December 11, 2025, or (ii) submitted pursuant to section 137 of the CBCA between Monday, December 22, 2025 and Thursday, February 19, 2026. The use of certified mail, return receipt, is advised. In addition, a proposal submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 can be submitted by sending an e-mail to ir@bausch.com. Bausch + Lomb’s by-laws provide that shareholders seeking to nominate candidates for election as directors, pursuant to our advance notice requirement, must provide timely notice in writing to Bausch + Lomb’s corporate secretary by personal delivery or courier (but not by fax or email) at the address of the principal executive offices or registered office of the Company. The purpose of this advance notice requirement is to: (i) inform Bausch + Lomb of nominees for election at a shareholder meeting proposed by a shareholder sufficiently in advance of such meeting; (ii) provide an opportunity to inform all shareholders of any potential proxy contest and proposed director nominees sufficiently in advance of the applicable meeting; and (iii) enable the Board to make informed recommendations or present alternatives to shareholders. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice of a director nomination for a meeting of shareholders pursuant to our advance notice requirement must be received by Bausch + Lomb: (i) in the case of our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (including an annual and special meeting), not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on Friday, February 20, 2026 and not earlier than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to such anniversary date or delayed more than 90 days after such anniversary date then to be timely such notice must be received by Bausch + Lomb not earlier than 90 days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the later of 70 days prior to the date of the meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting was first made; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is