--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001193125-23-117046" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "BLCO" cik: "0001860742" company_name: "Bausch & Lomb Corp" filed_at: "2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T13:42:04.590301+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.25 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Bausch + Lomb shareholders approve 10M share increase for incentive plan ## Summary - Shareholders approved amendment to 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan, adding 10,000,000 common shares for issuance. - All 10 director nominees elected with strong support; highest against vote was 4,014,230 for Thomas W. Ross, Sr. - Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 338,615,408 for vs 5,599,325 against. - Shareholders selected annual frequency for future say-on-pay votes (341,717,168 for 1 year). - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP reappointed as independent auditor with 346,413,418 votes for. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001193125-23-117046 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: BLCO - cik: 0001860742 - company_name: Bausch & Lomb Corp - filed_at: 2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.25 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312523117046/0001193125-23-117046-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312523117046/d464006d8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-117046 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-117046.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-117046.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Bausch & Lomb Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation. The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of the shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as described in the Proxy Statement as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 341,717,168 1,808 2,501,898 4,707 2,315,925 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312523117046/0001193125-23-117046-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bausch & Lomb Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors. The shareholders elected the following individuals to the Company’s Board of Directors, to serve until the close of the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, their successors are duly elected or appointed, or such director’s earlier resignation or removal: For Against Broker Non-Votes Nathalie Bernier 344,100,848 124,733 2,315,925 Richard U. De Schutter 344,094,979 130,602 2,315,925 Gary Hu 344,016,782 208,799 2,315,925 Brett Icahn 344,072,707 152,874 2,315,925 Sarah B. Kavanagh 343,989,666 235,915 2,315,925 John A. Paulson 344,095,439 130,142 2,315,925 Russel C. Robertson 344,098,056 127,525 2,315,925 Thomas W. Ross, Sr. 340,211,351 4,014,230 2,315,925 Brenton L. Saunders 342,408,245 1,817,336 2,315,925 Andrew C. von Eschenbach 343,985,915 239,666 2,315,925 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312523117046/0001193125-23-117046-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bausch & Lomb Corp shareholders approved Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 5: Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The shareholders appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors for the Company to hold office until the close of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company’s Board of Directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration. For Withheld 346,413,418 128,088 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312523117046/0001193125-23-117046-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bausch & Lomb Corp shareholders approved Approval of an Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Common Shares Authorized for Issuance Thereunder. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 4: Approval of an Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Common Shares Authorized for Issuance Thereunder. The shareholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 334,690,271 9,528,109 7,201 2,315,925 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312523117046/0001193125-23-117046-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Bausch & Lomb Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed source text: Proposal No. 2: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, executive compensation tables and accompanying narrative discussions contained in the Proxy Statement. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 338,615,408 5,599,325 10,848 2,315,925 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312523117046/0001193125-23-117046-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.