Company: BLCO
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001860742-25-000004
Chunk: 393

Company: Bausch & Lomb Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 393
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 total of 28,000,000 common shares of Bausch + Lomb were originally authorized for issuance under the Plan. Effective April 24, 2023, Bausch + Lomb’s shareholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder by an additional 10,000,000 common shares, resulting in an aggregate 38,000,000 common shares of Bausch + Lomb authorized for issuance under the Plan. At the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on May 29, 2024, Bausch + Lomb’s shareholders approved a further amendment and restatement of the Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder by an additional 14,000,000 common shares, resulting in an aggregate 52,000,000 common shares of Bausch + Lomb authorized for issuance under the Plan. The Plan provides for the grant of various types of awards, including RSUs, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, stock options, performance-based awards and cash awards. Under the Plan, the exercise price of awards, if any, is set on the grant date and may not be less than the fair market value per share on that date. Generally, stock options have a term of ten years and a three-year vesting period, subject to limited exceptions.

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Share-based awards granted to senior management align with the Company’s focus on enhancing its revenue growth while maintaining focus on total shareholder return over the long-term. The share-based awards granted under this long-term incentive program consist of time-based stock options, time-based RSUs and performance-based RSUs (“PSUs”). The stock options and RSUs also include awards granted in connection with the B+L IPO (the “IPO Founder Grants”), for which the time-based vesting conditions were linked to the completion of the Separation. The PSUs are comprised of awards that vest upon: (i) achievement of certain share price appreciation conditions, including absolute and relative total shareholder return (“TSR”) (the “TSR PSUs”), (ii) attainment of certain performance targets that are based on the Company’s Organic Revenue Growth (the “Organic Revenue Growth PSUs”) and (iii) outperformance of performance goals, based on the level of achievement of: (a) a revenue metric (measured for fiscal year 2026) and (b) relative TSR metric (if applicable) ("OPG PSU"). If the Company’s performance is below a specified performance level,