---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-232712"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLCO"
cik: "0001860742"
company_name: "Bausch & Lomb Corp"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:32:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:34:21.648095+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BLCO shareholders re-elect all 10 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected, each with ~331.5M votes for, ~4.2M against, ~11.5M broker non-votes.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 328.1M for, 0.8M against, 6.9M abstain.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as independent auditor: 343.3M for, 4.0M withheld.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-232712
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLCO
- cik: 0001860742
- company_name: Bausch & Lomb Corp
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:32:56+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312526232712/0001193125-26-232712-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312526232712/d76169d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-232712
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-232712.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Bausch & Lomb Corp shareholders approved Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: The shareholders appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor for the Company to hold office until the close of the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company’s Board of Directors to fix the auditor’s remuneration. For Withheld 343,283,263 3,986,500
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312526232712/0001193125-26-232712-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bausch & Lomb Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: 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 328,089,056 832,221 6,896,414 11,452,072
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312526232712/0001193125-26-232712-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bausch & Lomb Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: The shareholders elected the following individuals to the Company’s Board of Directors, to serve until the close of the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, their successors are duly elected or appointed, or such director’s earlier resignation or removal: For Against Broker Non-Votes Eduardo Alfonso 331,573,622 4,244,069 11,452,072 Nathalie Bernier 331,522,655 4,295,036 11,452,072 Steven H. Collis 331,575,559 4,242,132 11,452,072 Sarah B. Kavanagh 331,548,740 4,268,951 11,452,072 Karen L. Ling 331,533,402 4,284,289 11,452,072 John A. Paulson 331,537,843 4,279,848 11,452,072 Russel C. Robertson 331,561,696 4,255,995 11,452,072 Thomas W. Ross, Sr. 331,556,884 4,260,807 11,452,072 Brenton L. Saunders 331,476,725 4,340,966 11,452,072 Andrew C. von Eschenbach 331,499,049 4,318,642 11,452,072
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000119312526232712/0001193125-26-232712-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.