Christina Ackermann Form 4 Bausch Health Companies / CHRISTINA ACKERMANN ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

ACKERMANN CHRISTINA

(Last) (First) (Middle)

400 SOMERSET CORPORATE BOULEVARD

(Street)

BRIDGEWATER NJ 08807

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Bausch Health Companies Inc. [ BHC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP AND GENERAL COUNSEL

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/08/2021

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares, No Par Value	03/08/2021		M		8,455(1)	A	(2)	163,534	D
Common Shares, No Par Value	03/08/2021		A		25,980(1)	A	$0	189,514	D
Common Shares, No Par Value	03/10/2021		F		21,960(3)	D	$32.97	167,554	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Share Units	(2)	03/08/2021		M			8,455	(4)	03/07/2021(4)	Common Stock	8,455	(2)	0(5)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects common shares, no par value ("Common Shares") of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (the "Company") issued to the reporting person following the vesting of, and certification of performance metrics relating to, performance-based Restricted Share Units ("PSUs") granted to the reporting person on March 7, 2018.

2. Each PSU converts into Common Shares on a one-for-one basis.

3. This number represents Common Shares withheld to satisfy the tax withholding obligations due upon vesting of PSUs and RSUs.

4. The PSUs granted to the reporting person on March 7, 2018 were distributed on March 10, 2021 following certification of the achievement of certain performance metrics.

5. This PSU award was previously reported on a Form 4 filed on March 9, 2018 with the maximum potential award amount of 13,638 shares. Any portion of the award not vested as of the transaction date was cancelled as of that date.

	/s/ Kirsten O'Donnell, attorney-in-fact for Christina Ackermann	03/10/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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