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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Stock Options vest in four equal annual installments commencing on October 8, 2011.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each Restricted Share Unit (&quot;RSUs&quot;) represents a contingent right to receive between zero and three common shares, no par value, of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (&quot;Valeant&quot;), subject to performance based vesting criteria.  See note (3).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The performance based RSUs will vest based on total shareholder return (TSR) between a price of $26.51 starting on September 28, 2010 and the average stock price for the prior 20 trading days as of three measurement dates: 25% would vest on June 28, 2013, 50% on September 28, 2013 and 25% on December 28, 2013. Unit vesting is contingent on TSR performance between 15% and 45% into between one and three shares of common stock, respectively, with early vesting possible at higher TSR levels.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one common share, no par value, of Valeant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The RSUs vest in three equal annual installments commencing on October 8, 2011.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Angie Palmer For: Robert Chai-Onn</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-11-15</signatureDate>
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