Bausch & Lomb Incorporated POS AM
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2007
Registration No. 333-45223           
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
     
New York   16-0345235
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
One Bausch & Lomb Plaza
Rochester, New York 14604-2701
(585) 338-6000
(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
Clay C. Arnold
Senior Counsel
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
Rochester, New York 14604
(585) 338-5529
(Name, address, including zip code,
and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copies to
Deborah J. McLean
Nixon Peabody LLP
Clinton Square Suite 1300
Rochester, New York 14604
(585) 263-1307
 
     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
     On January 29, 1998, Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (the “Company”) filed this omnibus Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333‑45223) for the purpose of registering $500,000,000 of its debt securities and common stock (collectively, the Securities”). This post effective Amendment No. 1 deregisters all of the Securities of the Company which remain unsold under the Registration Statement. As a result of this deregistration, no Securities remain registered for sale pursuant to this Registration Statement.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post Effective Amendment No.1 to Registration Statement (No. 333-45223) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rochester, State of New York, on the 24th day of October, 2007.
         
    BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED

 
  By:   /s/ Robert B. Stiles
 
       
 
      Robert B. Stiles
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Ronald L. Zarrella
 
Ronald L. Zarrella
  Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
  October 24, 2007
 
       
/s/ Efrain Rivera
 
Efrain Rivera
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  October 24, 2007
 
       
*
 
Domenico DeSole
  Director   October 24, 2007
 
       
*
 
Jonathan S. Linen
  Director   October 24, 2007
 
       
*
 
Ruth R. McMullin
  Director   October 24, 2007
 
       
*
 
Linda Johnson Rice
  Director   October 24, 2007
 
       
*
 
William H. Waltrip
  Director   October 24, 2007
 
       
*
 
Barry L. Wilson
  Director   October 24, 2007
 
       
*
 
Kenneth L. Wolfe
  Director   October 24, 2007
         
 
       
*By:
  Robert B. Stiles   October 24, 2007
 
       
 
  Attorney in fact