Item 8.01 Other Events. OnMarch 30, 2021 ,Bausch Health Companies Inc. (the "Company") and certain of its affiliates ("Bausch Affiliates") entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Share Purchase Agreement") with an affiliate of ADQ, one ofAbu Dhabi's largest holding companies (the "Purchaser"), pursuant to which the Company and the Bausch Affiliates agreed to sell all of their equity interests inAmoun Pharmaceutical Company S.A.E ., a subsidiary of the Company ("Amoun") for total gross consideration of approximatelyU.S. $740 million (including the assignment to the Purchaser of an intercompany loan granted by the Company to Amoun), subject to certain adjustments (the "Transaction"). As part of the Transaction, cash generated by Amoun during the period from the locked-box date ofJanuary 1, 2021 to the closing of the Transaction will be for the benefit of the Purchaser (subject to working capital during such period), and such cash is not expected to be part of the Company's consolidated results and will be adjusted for reporting purposes from the consideration, together with other gross to net adjustments, such as taxes and other items. The Transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory approvals and the approval of theFinancial Regulatory Authority inEgypt of the mandatory tender offer (the "MTO") to be launched by the Purchaser for all of the issued share capital of Amoun. The shares of Amoun held by the Company and the Bausch Affiliates will be tendered into the MTO at a per share price ofEGP 37.806 . A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the entry into the Share Purchase Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 99.1* Press Release ofBausch Health Companies Inc. , datedMarch 31, 2021 101.SCH* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.LAB* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 101.DEF* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 104* Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
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