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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of the components and classification of share-based compensation expense | The components and classification of share-based compensation expense related to stock options, PSUs and RSUs directly attributable to those employees specifically identified as Bausch + Lomb employees for the Plan for the years 2025, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Stock options |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 11 |
PSUs/RSUs |  | 135 |  |  | 82 |  |  | 63 |
Share-based compensation expense |  | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 74 |
Research and development expenses |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 5 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  | 142 |  |  | 87 |  |  | 69 |
Share-based compensation expense |  | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 74 |
Schedule of assumptions used to calculate the fair values of stock options | The fair values of all stock options granted under the Plan for the years 2025, 2024 and 2023 were estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Expected stock option life (years) |  | 3.0 |  | 3.0 |  | 3.0
Expected volatility |  | 36.8 | % |  | 35.1 | % |  | 35.3 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  | 3.8 | % |  | 4.5 | % |  | 4.6 | %
Expected dividend yield |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Schedule of stock option activity | The following table summarizes stock option activity under the Plan during 2025:
(in millions, except per share amounts) |  | Options |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price Per Share |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding, January 1, 2025 |  | 9.0 |  | $ | 17.90 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 1.4 |  |  | $ | 15.86 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |
Expired or forfeited |  | (0.4) |  |  | $ | 18.00 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding, December 31, 2025 |  | 10.0 |  |  | $ | 17.62 |  |  | 6.3 |  | $ | 2.0 |
Vested and expected to vest, December 31, 2025 |  | 9.6 |  |  | $ | 17.62 |  |  | 6.2 |  | $ | 1.9 |
Vested and exercisable, December 31, 2025 |  | 4.2 |  |  | $ | 17.97 |  |  | 4.7 |  | $ | 0.1 |
Schedule of non-vested RSU and PSU activity | The following table summarizes non-vested RSU activity under the Plan during 2025:
(in millions, except per share amounts) |  | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) |  | Weighted- Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Non-vested, January 1, 2025 |  | 6.2 |  |  | $ | 16.89 |
Granted |  | 4.0 |  |  | $ | 15.47 |
Vested |  | (2.7) |  |  | $ | 17.04 |
Forfeited |  | (0.7) |  |  | $ | 15.98 |
Non-vested, December 31, 2025 |  | 6.8 |  |  | $ | 16.08 |
The following table summarizes the performance-based PSU activity during 2025:
(in millions, except per share amounts) |  | Performance-based RSUs |  | Weighted- Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Non-vested, January 1, 2025 |  | 4.1 |  |  | $ | 20.61 |
Granted |  | 1.2 |  |  | $ | 15.90 |
Vested |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Forfeited |  | (0.2) |  |  | $ | 16.59 |
Non-vested, December 31, 2025 |  | 5.1 |  |  | $ | 19.67 |
Schedule of assumptions used to calculate the fair values of performance-based RSUs | The fair values of TSR PSUs and OPG PSUs granted during 2025, 2024 and 2023 were estimated with the following assumptions:
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Contractual term (years) |  | 3.0 |  | 3.0 |  | 3.6
Expected volatility |  | 36.7% |  | 35.1% |  | 35.4%
Risk-free interest rate |  | 3.8% |  | 4.5% |  | 4.5%

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