# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001860742
**File Stem:** 0001860742-25-000019
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 9179
**Document Hash:** d81300da3ec00688babf61dc195aa703
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001860742-25-000019.hdr.sgml**: 20250818

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001860742-25-000019

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250814

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250818

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250818

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Bausch & Lomb Corp
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001860742
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** OPHTHALMIC GOODS [3851]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-41380
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251228685

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 520 APPLEWOOD CRESCENT
- **CITY:** VAUGHAN
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** L4K 4B4
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 908-541-5456

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 520 APPLEWOOD CRESCENT
- **CITY:** VAUGHAN
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** L4K 4B4

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)**

**of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**August 14, 2025**

**Date of Report (Date of the earliest event reported)**

**Bausch + Lomb Corporation**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| **Canada** | **001-41380** | **98-1613662** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>Incorporation or Organization) | (Commission<br>File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification Number) |

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**520 Applewood Crescent**

**Vaughan, Ontario**

**Canada L4K 4B4**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)**

**(905) 695-7700**

**(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)**

**N/A**

**(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| **Common Shares, No Par Value** | **BLCO** | **New York Stock Exchange** | **Toronto Stock Exchange** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company **☐** 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. **☐**

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**Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.**

In accordance with its terms, the Amended and Restated Director Appointment and Nomination Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2022 (the "Director Appointment and Nomination Agreement"), by and among Carl C. Icahn, Icahn Partners LP, Icahn Partners Master Fund LP, Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., IPH GP LLC, Icahn Capital LP, Icahn Onshore LP, Icahn Offshore LP and Beckton Corp. (collectively, the "Icahn Group") and Bausch + Lomb Corporation ("Bausch + Lomb") has terminated following the Icahn Group's net long position in the common shares of Bausch + Lomb's parent company, Bausch Health Companies Inc., falling below the required threshold in the Director Appointment and Nomination Agreement. The termination of the Director Appointment and Nomination Agreement was effective as of August 14, 2025.

**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**

Effective August 14, 2025, Brett Icahn and Gary Hu resigned from the board of directors (the "Board") of Bausch + Lomb in connection with the termination of the Director Appointment and Nomination Agreement. Messrs. Icahn and Hu were appointees of the Icahn Group and had been members of the Board since June 2022. Mr. Hu served as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Talent and Compensation Committee and the Science and Technology Committee of the Board until the time of his resignation. The resignations of Messrs. Icahn and Hu did not result from any disagreement with Bausch + Lomb.

**Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.**

On August 18, 2025, Bausch + Lomb issued a press release announcing the foregoing updates. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Exhibits**

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| Exhibit No. | Description |
| <u>[99.1\*](blpressrelease.htm)</u> | <u>[Press Release, dated August 18, 2025](blpressrelease.htm)</u> |
| 104\* | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) |

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\* Filed herewith.

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**Signatures**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| **BAUSCH + LOMB CORPORATION** | **BAUSCH + LOMB CORPORATION** |
| By: | /s/ *A. Robert D. Bailey* |
| Name: | A. Robert D. Bailey |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |

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Date: August 18, 2025

## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![bllogo-hiresa.jpg](bllogo-hiresa.jpg)

**Bausch + Lomb Announces Board Changes**

VAUGHAN, Ontario, Aug. 18, 2025 – Bausch + Lomb Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BLCO), a leading global eye health company dedicated to helping people see better to live better, today announced that the Amended and Restated Director Appointment and Nomination Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2022, by and among the company and Mr. Carl C. Icahn and certain of his affiliates, terminated pursuant to its terms when the Icahn group's net long position in the common shares of Bausch + Lomb's parent company, Bausch Health Companies Inc., fell below the required threshold. In connection with the termination, Brett M. Icahn and Gary Hu have resigned from the Bausch + Lomb Board of Directors.

"I appreciate Brett and Gary's valuable contributions to the company over the past three years, and wish them well going forward," said Brent Saunders, chairman and CEO, Bausch + Lomb.

**About Bausch + Lomb**

Bausch + Lomb is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world – from birth through every phase of life. Its comprehensive portfolio of approximately 400 products includes contact lenses, lens care products, eye care products, ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products and ophthalmic surgical devices and instruments. Founded in 1853, Bausch + Lomb has a significant global research and development, manufacturing and commercial footprint with approximately 13,500 employees and a presence in approximately 100 countries. Bausch + Lomb is headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario, with corporate offices in Bridgewater, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.bausch.com and connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube.

<sup>©</sup> *2025 Bausch + Lomb*

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| **Media Contact:** |
| Chris Clark |
| <u>chris.clark@bausch.com</u> |
| (848) 360-1100 |
| **Investor Contact:** |
| George Gadkowski |
| <u>george.gadkowski@bausch.com</u> |
| (877) 354-3705 (toll free) |
| (908) 927-0735 |

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