Bausch & Lomb to Report Fourth-Quarter Earnings Thursday, January 30, 2003.

Business Editors

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2003

Bausch & Lomb (NYSE:BOL) will report its 2002 fourth-quarter earnings results on Thursday, January 30, 2003.

On that day, the Company will issue a news release via Business Wire by 8:00 a.m. Eastern time. The news release also will be posted on the Company's web site: www.Bausch.com.

Also on January 30, the Company will hold a conference call at 10:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss the results. Members of the news media may "listen only" to the conference call.

The conference call can be accessed on January 30 in three ways:

-- By telephone -- call 913/981-5507 between 9:50 a.m. and 10:00

a.m.;

-- By Internet -- log on to www.vcall.com;

-- By Internet -- log on to the Investor Relations page of the

Company's web site www.bausch.com.

The conference call will be available by telephone rebroadcast beginning at 1:30 p.m. (ET) on January 30, 2003, through midnight, Monday, February 3, 2003. The call-in number to listen to the replay is 719/457-0820; the confirmation code is 383448.

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 contact lenses, lens care products, ophthalmic 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 SofLens(TM), PureVision(TM), Boston(R), ReNu(R), Storz(R) and Technolas(TM). Founded in 1853 in Rochester, N.Y., where it continues to have its headquarters, the Company has annual revenues of approximately $1.7 billion and employs approximately 12,000 people in more than 50 countries. Bausch & Lomb products are available in more than 100 countries around the world. More information about the Company can be found on Bausch & Lomb's Web site at www.bausch.com. Copyright Bausch & Lomb.