As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Bausch + Lomb Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Canada | 3851 | 98-1613662 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
520 Applewood Crescent
Vaughan, Ontario
Canada, L4K 4B4
(905) 695-7700
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Bausch + Lomb Corporation 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
A. Robert D. Bailey
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Bausch + Lomb Corporation
520 Applewood Crescent
Vaughan, Ontario
Canada, L4K 4B4
(905) 695-7700
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer, ” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
| 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed by Bausch + Lomb Corporation, a company incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “Company” or “Registrant”) pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 14,000,000 Common Shares, no par value per share (“Common Shares”), of the Company that are issuable at any time or from time to time under the Bausch + Lomb Corporation 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective as of May 29, 2024 (the “Plan”), and any additional Common Shares that become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed for the Plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 6, 2022 (Registration No. 333- 264728) and on August 2, 2023 (Registration No. 333-273621), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as supplemented by the information set forth below.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8 instructions. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 21, 2024 (the “Annual Report”), including the sections of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Registrant’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as filed with the Commission on April 29, 2024, incorporated by reference in the Annual Report;
(b) The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 1, 2024, and for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, filed with the Commission on August 1, 2024;
(c) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 28, 2024 (except for the information furnished under Item 7.01) and May 29, 2024; and
(d) The description of the Registrant’s share capital which is contained in the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 (Registration No. 001-41380), filed with the Commission on August 2, 2023, including any amendments or supplements thereto.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to shareholders or document or current report furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| * | Filed herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bridgewater, State of New Jersey, on August 1, 2024.
| BAUSCH + LOMB CORPORATION | ||||
| By: | /s/ A. Robert D. Bailey | |||
| Name: | A. Robert D. Bailey | |||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | |||
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Brenton L. Saunders, Sam A. Eldessouky and A. Robert D. Bailey, and each or any one of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, upon the action of such appointee, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Registrant to comply with the Securities Act, and any requirements of the Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission of this Registration Statement under the Securities Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitutes, and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Brenton L. Saunders Brenton L. Saunders |
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (principal executive officer) |
August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Sam A. Eldessouky Sam A. Eldessouky |
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) |
August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Frederick J. Munsch Frederick J. Munsch |
Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) |
August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Thomas W. Ross, Sr. Thomas W. Ross, Sr. |
Lead Independent Director | August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Nathalie Bernier Nathalie Bernier |
Director | August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Gary Hu Gary Hu |
Director | August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Brett Icahn Brett Icahn |
Director | August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Sarah B. Kavanagh Sarah B. Kavanagh |
Director | August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Karen L. Ling Karen L. Ling |
Director | August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ John A. Paulson John A. Paulson |
Director | August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Russel C. Robertson Russel C. Robertson |
Director | August 1, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Andrew C. von Eschenbach Andrew C. von Eschenbach |
Director | August 1, 2024 | ||