Bausch & Lomb Responds to Wesley Jessen News Release.Business Editors ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2000 Bausch & Lomb (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BOL BOL Bolivia (ISO Country code) BOL Books Online BOL Bole (SIL code, Nigeria) BOL Bill Of Lading BOL Beginning Of Line BOL Best Of Luck BOL Buzz Out Loud BOL Bruin Online BOL Beginning Of Life ) made the following statement this afternoon in response to Wesley Jessen's news release: "The Board of Directors of Wesley Jessen VisionCare Inc. (Nasdaq: WJCO) should sit down with us promptly to discuss our superior proposal of $34 per share in cash to purchase the company." Bausch & Lomb Incorporated is the preeminent global technology-based healthcare company for the eye, dedicated to helping consumers see, look and feel better through innovative technology and design. Its core businesses include soft and rigid gas permeable gas permeable gas adj (lenses) → luftdurchlässig contact lenses contact lenses contact npl → verres mpl de contact contact lenses contact npl → Kontaktlinsen pl contact lenses npl , lens-care products, ophthalmic ophthalmic /oph·thal·mic/ (of-thal´mik) ocular (1). oph·thal·mic adj. Of or relating to the eye; ocular. Ophthalmic Pertaining to the eye. surgical and pharmaceutical products. The company is advantaged with some of the most respected brands in the world starting with its name, Bausch & Lomb(R), and including SofLens66(TM), PureVision(TM) Boston(R), ReNu(R), and Storz(R). Founded in 1853 in Rochester, N.Y., where it continues to have its headquarters, the company has pro-forma annual revenues of approximately $1.8 billion and employs approximately 12,000 people in 35 countries. Bausch & Lomb products are available in more than 100 countries around the world. Additional information about the company can be found on Bausch & Lomb's Worldwide Web site at http://www.bausch.com. |
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