Exhibit 10.5
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of March 30, 2022 (this “Agreement”), is made by and between Bausch Health Companies Inc., a corporation continued under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada (“Parent”), and Bausch + Lomb Corporation, a company incorporated under the laws of Canada (“SpinCo”). Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, all capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the Master Separation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Parent and SpinCo (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Separation Agreement”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, SpinCo is presently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Parent will offer and sell to the public Initial Common Shares in an initial public offering (the “IPO”), immediately following which offering and sale Parent will own 80.1% or more of the outstanding Initial Common Shares;
WHEREAS, Parent currently intends to, after the IPO, effect the Distribution;
WHEREAS, Parent and SpinCo desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions of the registration rights and obligations of Parent and SpinCo; and
WHEREAS, the Separation Agreement requires execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and SpinCo at or prior to the Separation Time.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement, Parent and SpinCo, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Article I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person. For the purpose of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract, agreement, obligation, indenture, instrument, lease, promise, arrangement, release, warranty, commitment, undertaking or otherwise. It is expressly agreed that, prior to, at and after the Separation Time, solely for purposes of the Separation Agreement, this Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements, (a) no member of the SpinCo Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the Parent Group and (b) no member of the Parent Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the SpinCo Group.