10/29/2025

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Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Bausch Health Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. You may be placed into question queue at any time by pressing star 1 on your telephone keypad. If anyone should require operator assistance, please press star 0. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to your host, Garen Serafian, Vice President, Investor Relations. Karim, please go ahead.

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Garen Serafian
Vice President, Investor Relations

Good afternoon, and welcome to Bausch Health's third quarter 2025 earnings conference call. Participating in today's call are Thomas Appio, Chief Executive Officer of Bausch Health, and JJ Charron, Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that our presentation today contains forward-looking information. We ask you to take a moment to read the forward-looking statements disclaimer at the beginning of the pages that accompany this presentation as it contains important information. Our actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Please refer to our SEC filings and our filings with the Canadian Securities Administrators for a list of some of the risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations. Those documents, including the full cautionary statements, are also available on Bosch Health's Investor Relations website. We use non-GAAP financial measures to help investors understand our operating performance. Non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and should be considered along with, but not as an alternative to, measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. You will find reconciliations of our historic non-GAAP measures in the appendix of the pages that accompany this presentation which are available on Bausch Health's Investor Relations website. Finally, the financial guidance in this presentation is effective as of today only. We do not undertake any obligation to update guidance. Our discussion today, Wednesday, October 29th, will focus on Bausch Health excluding Bausch & Lomb. However, we will briefly comment on Bausch & Lomb's results announced this morning. We will refer to year-over-year comparisons with the same period last year unless otherwise noted. With that, I would like to turn the call over to our CEO, Tom Appio. Tom?

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Thomas Appio
Chief Executive Officer

Thank you, Garen, and welcome to everyone joining our earnings call today. In the third quarter, Bausch Health, excluding Bausch & Lomb, delivered our 10th consecutive quarter of revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth, consistent with our strong performance this year. Our teams continue to execute with discipline and focus, driving operational and financial momentum across the business. I will start by providing some highlights from our third quarter results. In the third quarter, Bausch Health, excluding Bausch and Long, delivered year-over-year revenue growth of 7% on a reported basis and 5% on an organic basis. We achieved 7% adjusted EBITDA growth for Bausch Health, excluding Bausch & Lomb, which included an $81 million charge to acquire R&D. Excluding this charge, our adjusted EBITDA grew 18%. We reduced our debt by approximately $600 million using cash on hand, and as a result of our strong performance in the first nine months of the year, we are raising full-year guidance for revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted cash flow from operations for Bausch Health, excluding Bausch & Lomb. I am pleased with how our teams have navigated through a dynamic macro backdrop, embodying the culture of accountability, urgency that defines Bausch Health. Across our global platform, we saw traction in many areas. Consolidated Bausch Health, as well as Bausch Health, excluding Bausch & Lomb, Both achieved year-over-year revenue growth of 7% on a reported basis and 5% on an organic basis during the quarter, showcasing the consistent, strong performance across the enterprise. Focusing on Bausch Health, excluding Bausch & Long, at a segment level, we saw excellent double-digit growth in our Solta and Salix businesses. Solta saw 25% growth on a reported basis and 24% on an organic basis, while Salix delivered 12% growth on a reported basis and 11% growth on an organic basis. Two key growth areas that continue to deliver outstanding results. At the product level, we continue to see healthy performance across our diverse portfolio. with notable results in our hepatology, dermatology, and neurology offerings. We saw triple-digit growth for Captrio and Rialtris, as well as double-digit growth for Xifaxin and Thermage. Overall, we continue to demonstrate strong operational performance in the third quarter, and we are well positioned to execute on our strategic priorities as we close out this year and move forward to 2026. With that, I will pass it over to JJ to discuss our financial results in more detail before I conclude our call with BHC's progress against our key strategic priorities. JJ?

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