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**Exhibit      (10)-bb**

**Company**

**US$375,000,000      credit agreement (**
**Agreement)      dated 29 November 2005 between (among others) the Company, the Guarantor and      Citibank International plc as facility agent **

| **1.  ** | **Background** |
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| (a)   | This              letter is supplemental to and amends the              Agreement. |
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| (b)   | Pursuant              to Clause 25 (Amendments and Waivers) of the Agreement, the Majority              Lenders have consented to the amendments to the Agreement contemplated              by              this letter. Accordingly, we are authorised to execute this letter              on              behalf of the Finance Parties. |
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| **2.  ** | **Interpretation** |
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| (a)   | Capitalised              terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this              letter unless expressly defined in this              letter. |
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| (b)   | The              provisions of Clause 1.2 (Construction) of the Agreement apply to this              letter as though they were set out in full in this letter except that              references to the Agreement are to be construed as references to this              letter. |
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| (c)   | **Effective              Date**              means the date on which the Facility Agent gives notification to the              Obligors that it has received a copy of this letter countersigned by              the              Company and the Guarantor; provided that the Facility Agent must provide              such notification as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than              one              (1) business day after the Facility Agent has received a copy of the              fully              countersigned letter. |
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**    3.**
**Amendments**

| (a)   | Subject              to subparagraph (b) below, the Agreement will be amended from the              Effective Date in accordance with subparagraph (c)              below. |
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| (b)   | The              Agreement will not be amended by this letter unless the Facility Agent              has              received a copy of this letter countersigned by the Company and the              Guarantor. |
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| (c)   | The              Agreement will be amended as follows: |
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| (i)   | Clause              19.11(a)(ii) (BLIO Matters) of the Agreement will be amended by deleting              the reference to “1 March” in the last line thereof and replacing it with              “31 May”; |
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| (ii)   | the              definition of **BLIO              Announcements**              in              Clause 19.11(b) of the Agreement shall be amended              by: |
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| (A)   | deleting              “and” at the end of subparagraph (i); |
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| (B)   | deleting              subparagraph (ii) and replacing it with the              following: |
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|   | “(ii)              filings              with the SEC on Form 8-K dated 27 October, 2005, 29 November, 2005              and 22              December, 2005 and on Form 12(b)-25 dated 3 November,              2005,”; |
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| (C)   | deleting              the full stop after the words “Guarantor's related investigation" and              replacing it with a semi-colon; and |
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| (D)   | inserting              new subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) as              follows: |
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|   | “(iii)              press              release dated 22 December, 2005 relating to the Guarantor’s Subsidiary,              Bausch & Lomb Korea Co. Ltd. (**BL              Korea**),              and the Guarantor’s related investigation;              and |
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|   | (iv)              press              release dated 26 January, 2006 relating to the Guarantor’s expected              reporting of preliminary 2005 fourth quarter results and 2005 full              year              results in March 2006, and the Guarantor’s related investigation.”; |
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| (E)   | the              definition of **BLIO              Matters**              in              Clause 19.11(b) of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and              replaced with the following: |
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**BLIO      Matters**

|   | (i)              delay              delivery of its financial statements to the Facility Agent under this              Agreement; |
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|   | (iii)              restate              its financial statements for prior periods, and that such a restatement,              if necessary, will also require unrelated out-of-period entries made              in              prior periods to be reclassified to the appropriate prior period.”;              and |
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| (F)   | the              definition of **Waiver              Termination Date**              in              Clause 19.11(b) of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and              replaced with the following: |
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**Waiver      Termination Date**

|   | (ii)              the              date on which the Guarantor delivers the certificate required under              Clause              17.10(a)(iii) (Reporting requirements) of the Agreement confirming,              inter              alia, compliance with the terms of the Agreement, together with the              filing              of the Guarantor’s 2005 annual report on Form 10-K; |
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|   | (iii)              the              date (if any) on which holders of any Debt owed by the Guarantor or              any of              its Subsidiaries in a principal or notional amount of at least              US$50,000,000 shall accelerate or give notice of acceleration of such              Debt; and |
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|   |   | (iv)                3 April, 2006, but only in the event that the Guarantor fails to                file its                2005 annual report on Form 10-K on or before 6.00 p.m. (Rochester,                New                York time) on 31 March, 2006 and has failed to pay the fee set out                in the                Fee Letter dated 17 February 2006”. |
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| **3.  ** | **Further              Waiver** |
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| **4.  ** | **Guarantee** |
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| (a)   | agrees              to the amendment of the Agreement as contemplated by this letter;              and |
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| (b)   | with              effect from the Effective Date, confirms that the guarantee given by              it              under the Agreement will: |
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| (i)   | continue              in full force and effect; and |
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| (ii)   | extend              to the liabilities and obligations of the Company to the Finance Parties              under the Finance Documents as amended by this              letter. |
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| **5.  ** | **Amendment              fee** |
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| (a)   | In              the event that the Guarantor has not filed its 2005 annual report on              Form              10-K by 31 March, 2006 at 6.00 p.m. (Rochester, New York time), the              Company must pay to the Facility Agent for the account of the Lenders              which consented on or before 17 February, 2006 to the amendments to              the              Agreement contemplated by this letter (the **Consenting              Lenders**)              a              one-time fee equal to 0.05 per cent. of the total Commitments of the              Consenting Lenders. Such fee shall be payable no later than 3 April,              2006,              to the account notified to the Company by the Facility Agent for this              purpose. The Facility Agent shall provide the Obligors with a listing              of              the Consenting Lenders by 20 February, 2006. |
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| (b)   | All              amounts payable under this letter are exclusive of any value added              tax or              other taxes of any nature and will not be subject to counterclaim or              set-off for, or be otherwise affected by, any claim or dispute relating              to              any matter whatsoever and all such payments shall be made free and              clear              and without deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes,              charges, deductions or withholdings. |
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| **6.  ** | **Miscellaneous** |
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| (a)   | This              letter is a Finance Document and a Fee              Letter. |
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| (b)   | From              the Effective Date, the Agreement and this letter will be read and              construed as one document. |
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| (c)   | Except              as otherwise provided in this letter, the Finance Documents remain              in full              force and effect. |
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| (d)   | Except              to the extent expressly waived in this letter, no waiver of any provision              of any Finance Document is given by the terms of this letter and the              Finance Parties expressly reserve all their rights and remedies in              respect              of any breach of, or other Default under, the Finance              Documents. |
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| **7.  ** | **Governing              law** |
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**CITIBANK      INTERNATIONAL PLC**

**BAUSCH      & LOMB B.V.**

**BAUSCH      & LOMB INCORPORATED**