Bausch Health Announces Early Tender Results And Early Settlement Date For Cash Tender Offers And Consent Solicitation For Senior Notes

On March 8, 2018 Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) ("Bausch Health," the "Company" or the "Offeror") reported the results to date of its pending cash tender offers (collectively, the "Tender Offers," and each offer to purchase a series of notes individually, a "Tender Offer") to purchase up to $1,500,000,000 aggregate purchase price (the "Aggregate Maximum Purchase Amount") of its outstanding notes listed in the table below (collectively, the "Notes"), as well as the anticipated early settlement date for the Tender Offers on March 11, 2019 (the "Early Settlement Date") (Press release, Valeant, MAR 8, 2019, View Source [SID1234534161]).

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In conjunction with the Tender Offers, the Company also commenced a solicitation of consents (the "Solicitation," and, together with the Tender Offers, the "Tender Offers and Solicitation") to certain proposed amendments to the indenture governing its 5.625% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "2021 Notes") to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and events of default and related provisions contained in the indenture under which the 2021 Notes were issued (the "Proposed Amendments"). No amendments to the indentures governing the 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023 (the "5.50% Notes") and 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the "5.875% Notes" and, together with the 5.50% Notes, the "2023 Notes") are being sought. The terms and conditions of the Tender Offers and the Solicitation are described in an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated Feb. 22, 2019 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Statement") and the related Letter of Transmittal and Consent. All terms and conditions of the Tender Offers and the Solicitation, as amended by the Company’s news release dated Feb. 22, 2019, announcing the upsize of the Tender Offers, remain unchanged as set forth in the Statement.

The following table sets forth the aggregate principal amounts of each series of Notes and related consents that were tendered and not withdrawn on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 7, 2019 (such date and time with respect to a Tender Offer and the Solicitation, as it may be extended for such Tender Offer and the Solicitation, the "Early Tender Date"), the aggregate principal amount of Notes expected to be accepted for purchase on the Early Settlement Date and the approximate proration factor with respect to the 2023 Notes.