{"id":920656,"date":"2025-12-17T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/staar-stockholders-have-a-choice-vote-for-alcons-certain-premium-30-75-per-share-cash-offer-or-bear-the-downside-risk-that-broadwood-has-no-credible-plan-to-create-stockholder-value\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:40:09","slug":"staar-stockholders-have-a-choice-vote-for-alcons-certain-premium-30-75-per-share-cash-offer-or-bear-the-downside-risk-that-broadwood-has-no-credible-plan-to-create-stockholder-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/staar-stockholders-have-a-choice-vote-for-alcons-certain-premium-30-75-per-share-cash-offer-or-bear-the-downside-risk-that-broadwood-has-no-credible-plan-to-create-stockholder-value\/","title":{"rendered":"STAAR Stockholders Have a Choice: Vote FOR Alcon\u2019s Certain, Premium $30.75 Per Share Cash Offer or Bear the Downside Risk that Broadwood Has No Credible Plan to Create Stockholder Value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwblockalignl { margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto }\n.bwcellpmargin { margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px }\n.bwleftsingle { border-left: solid black 1pt }\n.bwlistdisc { list-style-type: disc }\n.bwpadl0 { padding-left: 0px }\n.bwpadl1 { padding-left: 5px }\n.bwrightsingle { border-right: solid black 1pt }\n.bwsinglebottom { border-bottom: solid black 1pt }\n.bwtablemarginb { margin-bottom: 10px }\n.bwtopsingle { border-top: solid black 1pt }\n.bwuline { text-decoration: underline }\n.bwvertalignt { vertical-align: top }\n.bwwidth100 { width: 100% }\n.bwwidth15 { width: 15% }\n.bwwidth38 { width: 38% }\n.bwwidth47 { width: 47% }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>STAAR Stockholders Have a Choice: Vote FOR Alcon\u2019s Certain, Premium $30.75 Per Share Cash Offer or Bear the Downside Risk that Broadwood Has No Credible Plan to Create Stockholder Value<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><i>Broadwood Has Consistently Misled STAAR Stockholders About Takeover Interest in STAAR In Order to Derail the Alcon Merger<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><i>STAAR Urges Stockholders to Vote \u201cFOR\u201d the Alcon Transaction on WHITE Proxy Card TODAY<\/i><\/p>\n<p>LAKE FOREST, Calif.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nSTAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Lenses (EVO ICL\u2122) for vision correction, today issued the following open letter to STAAR stockholders:\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDear STAAR Surgical Stockholders:\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Special Meeting of Stockholders to vote on the amended agreement with Alcon Inc. (SIX\/NYSE: ALC) is just days away. How you vote at the Special Meeting will greatly influence the value of your shares. You have a choice:\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nVote to approve the Alcon agreement and receive the $30.75 per share cash value it provides, which represents a 74% premium to STAAR\u2019s 90-day Volume Weighed Average Price as of August 4, 2025\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\">\nor\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nRisk a future where STAAR\u2019s board, management and strategy are greatly influenced by Broadwood Partners, L.P.\u2019s uninformed views about the challenges facing STAAR\u2019s business\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nOver the past year,<b \/>Broadwood has significantly increased its ownership in STAAR and now owns more than 30% of STAAR\u2019s outstanding shares. In addition, Broadwood has repeatedly threatened to run an activist proxy contest to remove three of STAAR\u2019s six directors, which would allow Broadwood to obtain disproportionate influence over STAAR without paying any control premium to STAAR\u2019s other stockholders.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe believe the choice is clear \u2013 and strongly recommend that STAAR stockholders vote \u201cFOR\u201d the Alcon merger on the WHITE proxy card TODAY.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b><span class=\"bwuline\">THE FACT: Broadwood Has Repeatedly Misled STAAR Stockholders in its Effort to Derail the Alcon Transaction and Serve its Own Creeping Control Agenda<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nOver the past several months, in an effort to derail the Alcon merger, Broadwood has routinely made fictitious statements regarding supposed third party interest in the Company. In each instance, Broadwood\u2019s claims have been proven false.\n<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"bwtablemarginb bwblockalignl bwwidth100\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwpadl1 bwwidth15\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwcellpmargin\"><b>Broadwood\u2019s Alleged Third Party Interest<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl1 bwwidth38\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwcellpmargin\"><b>Broadwood\u2019s False Claims<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl1 bwwidth47\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwcellpmargin\"><b>The Facts<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwpadl1 bwwidth15\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwcellpmargin\"><b>Parties A &amp; B<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth38\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\n\u201cTwo other parties contacted one of STAAR\u2019s directors during the sale process, but the Board did not provide diligence materials or engage with them and did not even invite those parties to submit proposals until hours before the original Merger Agreement was signed.\u201d <i>(Broadwood Partners, L.P. Supplemental Investor Presentation Slide 11)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth47\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nTwo days prior to the August 5, 2025 announcement of the Alcon agreement, STAAR received vague communications of interest from Party A and Party B. Neither party provided any proposal on valuation, timing, diligence requirements, financial capability, transaction structure or other terms.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSTAAR\u2019s CEO responded within 24 hours of this outreach and invited any proposal, to which none came.\n<\/li>\n<li><b>During the go-shop period, Party A and B confirmed that neither was interested in receiving information to evaluate a potential transaction.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwpadl1 bwwidth15\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwcellpmargin\"><b>Party C<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth38\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\n\u201cAnother party, a well-capitalized and leading ophthalmology company, reached out to STAAR\u2019s CEO and Board Chair in April 2025 seeking to discuss a strategic transaction but was entirely ignored.\u201d<i> (Broadwood Partners, L.P. Supplemental Investor Presentation Slide 11)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth47\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nA representative of a privately-owned company, Party C, emailed STAAR on April 7, 2025. Party C has confirmed to STAAR that <b>\u201cthe outreach was an introductory email and was not intended as a proposal.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li>\nDuring the go-shop period, STAAR\u2019s financial advisor contacted Party C, and <b>Party C reconfirmed that it had no interest in making a proposal and\/or receiving information to evaluate a potential transaction.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwpadl1 bwwidth15\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwcellpmargin\"><b>The other \u201ccredible\u201d buyer<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth38\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\n\u201cWe are also aware of a credible buyer with the capital, industry expertise, and strong interest in acquiring STAAR at a price higher than the Alcon bid that was told it had to sign a multi-year standstill to be granted access to diligence materials.\u201d<i> (Broadwood Partners, L.P. Supplemental Investor Presentation Slide 13)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth47\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nFountainVest, which STAAR believes is the party referenced by Broadwood as the \u201ccredible buyer,\u201d waited until day 21 of the 30-day go-shop period (on November 27, 2025) before reaching out to STAAR. FountainVest had not previously indicated any interest in acquiring STAAR prior to the signing of the Alcon merger agreement nor during the post-signing \u201cwindow-shop\u201d period.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nDespite outreach from STAAR\u2019s CEO and the Company\u2019s financial advisor, FountainVest did not respond to STAAR\u2019s proposed nondisclosure agreement for five days, sending its markup (which, among other things, deleted the standstill provision) shortly before midnight on day 28 of the go-shop process.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nWithin 24 hours thereafter, on day 29 of the go-shop process, <b>STAAR responded to FountainVest with a revised NDA that accepted its deletion of the standstill. Despite this, FountainVest declined to execute the NDA.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>\nThe 30-day go-shop period expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 6, 2025, and no proposals were received by STAAR, including from FoutainVest, Broadwood\u2019s supposed \u201ccredible buyer.\u201d\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nSTAAR stockholders should not be swayed by Broadwood\u2019s distortion of the facts as it takes steps to increase its influence over the Company without paying stockholders any control premium.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>We encourage stockholders to vote FOR the Alcon agreement so that they can receive Alcon\u2019s increased all-cash offer of $30.75 per share \u2013 a 74% premium to the 90-day VWAP \u2013 representing certain and immediate cash value.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>STAAR will hold a virtual Special Meeting of Stockholders on December 19, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. (Pacific Time). Stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 24, 2025, are entitled to vote at the meeting.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nStockholders with questions about voting their shares should contact STAAR\u2019s proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&amp;A Incorporated:\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nFor stockholders: +1 877-750-8233 (toll-free from the U.S. and Canada) or +1 412-232-3651 (from other countries)\n<\/li>\n<li>\nFor banks and brokerage firms: +1 212-750-5833\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About STAAR Surgical<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nSTAAR Surgical (NASDAQ: STAA) is the global leader in implantable phakic intraocular lenses, a vision correction solution that reduces or eliminates the need for glasses or contact lenses. Since 1982, STAAR has been dedicated solely to ophthalmic surgery, and for 30 years, STAAR has been designing, developing, manufacturing, and marketing advanced Implantable Collamer<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Lenses (ICLs), using its proprietary biocompatible Collamer material. STAAR ICLs are clinically-proven to deliver safe long-term vision correction without removing corneal tissue or the eye\u2019s natural crystalline lens. Its EVO ICL\u2122 product line provides visual freedom through a quick, minimally invasive procedure. STAAR has sold more than 3 million ICLs in over 75 countries. Headquartered in Lake Forest, California, the company operates research, development, manufacturing, and packaging facilities in California and Switzerland. For more information about ICL, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.EVOICL.com&amp;esheet=54379249&amp;newsitemid=20251217865184&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.EVOICL.com&amp;index=1&amp;md5=26cf68aa9e0c46f3adc3e6ac0fc01278\">www.EVOICL.com<\/a>. To learn more about STAAR, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.staar.com&amp;esheet=54379249&amp;newsitemid=20251217865184&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.staar.com&amp;index=2&amp;md5=67bc01cec0a99c74883d3dbf6542350b\">www.staar.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Additional Information About the Merger and Where to Find It<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nThis communication relates to the proposed transaction involving STAAR. In connection with the proposed transaction, STAAR has filed relevant materials with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the \u201cSEC\u201d), including STAAR\u2019s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the \u201cProxy Statement\u201d), on September 16, 2025. The Proxy Statement was first sent to STAAR stockholders on September 16, 2025, and was thereafter supplemented. This communication is not a substitute for the Proxy Statement or any other document that STAAR may file with the SEC or send to its stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, STOCKHOLDERS OF STAAR ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE PROXY STATEMENT, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain the documents (when available) free of charge at the SEC\u2019s website, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov&amp;esheet=54379249&amp;newsitemid=20251217865184&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.sec.gov&amp;index=3&amp;md5=dcd3aa75620981af42915eb97054c848\">www.sec.gov<\/a>, or by visiting STAAR\u2019s investor relations website, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Finvestors.staar.com&amp;esheet=54379249&amp;newsitemid=20251217865184&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=https%3A%2F%2Finvestors.staar.com&amp;index=4&amp;md5=99b3759c88fc0ada73fe51f5f2cc1444\">https:\/\/investors.staar.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>No Offer or Solicitation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nThis communication is for informational purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer, invitation or the solicitation of an offer or invitation to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the proposed transaction or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Participants in the Solicitation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nUnder SEC rules, STAAR and certain of its directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of STAAR\u2019s common stock in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of STAAR and their ownership of STAAR\u2019s common stock is set forth in the Proxy Statement, the definitive proxy statement for STAAR\u2019s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the \u201cAnnual Proxy Statement\u201d), which was filed with the SEC on April 24, 2025 (and which is available at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2Fix%3Fdoc%3D%2FArchives%2Fedgar%2Fdata%2F0000718937%2F000095017025058174%2Fstaa-20250424.htm&amp;esheet=54379249&amp;newsitemid=20251217865184&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2Fix%3Fdoc%3D%2FArchives%2Fedgar%2Fdata%2F0000718937%2F000095017025058174%2Fstaa-20250424.htm&amp;index=5&amp;md5=6536fb58de265e37d95866f493b01bcb\">https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ix?doc=\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0000718937\/000095017025058174\/staa-20250424.htm<\/a>), including the sections captioned \u201cCompensation of Directors,\u201d \u201cInformation Regarding Executive Officers\u201d and \u201cSecurity Ownership of Principal Shareholders and Management,\u201d or its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on February 21, 2025 (and which is available at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2Fix%3Fdoc%3D%2FArchives%2Fedgar%2Fdata%2F0000718937%2F000095017025024813%2Fstaa-20241227.htm&amp;esheet=54379249&amp;newsitemid=20251217865184&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2Fix%3Fdoc%3D%2FArchives%2Fedgar%2Fdata%2F0000718937%2F000095017025024813%2Fstaa-20241227.htm&amp;index=6&amp;md5=1b86cf13f7b21592c72403adf228ae7e\">https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ix?doc=\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0000718937\/000095017025024813\/staa-20241227.htm<\/a>), and in other documents filed by STAAR with the SEC. To the extent holdings of such participants in STAAR\u2019s securities have changed since the amounts described in the Proxy Statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC by STAAR\u2019s directors and executive officers. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC in respect of the proposed transaction when they become available.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Forward-Looking Statements<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nThe information covered by this communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements often contain words such as \u201canticipate,\u201d \u201cbelieve,\u201d \u201cexpect,\u201d \u201cplan,\u201d \u201cestimate,\u201d \u201cproject,\u201d \u201ccontinue,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cshould,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d and similar terms. All statements in this communication that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from what is expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Alcon merger agreement or could cause the consummation of the proposed transaction to be delayed or to fail to occur; (2) the failure to obtain approval of the proposed transaction from STAAR\u2019s stockholders; (3) the failure to obtain certain required regulatory approvals or the failure to satisfy any of the other closing conditions to the completion of the proposed transaction within the expected timeframes or at all; (4) risks related to disruption of management\u2019s attention from STAAR\u2019s ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; (5) the effect of the announcement of the proposed transaction on the ability of STAAR to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with its customers, suppliers and others with whom it does business, or on its operating results and business generally; (6) the ability of STAAR to meet expectations regarding the timing and completion of the transaction; (7) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against STAAR related to the proposed transaction; (8) the possibility that STAAR\u2019s stock price may decline significantly if the proposed transaction is not consummated; and (9) other important factors set forth in the Proxy Statement under the caption \u201cRisk Factors\u201d and STAAR\u2019s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2024 under the caption \u201cRisk Factors,\u201d as any such factors may be updated from time to time in STAAR\u2019s other filings with the SEC.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nForward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and, except as may be required under applicable law, STAAR undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20251217865184r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20251217865184\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20251217865184\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>STAAR Contacts:<br \/>\n<br \/><\/b><br \/>Niko Liu, CFA<br \/>\n<br \/>United States: +1 626-303-7902 (ext 3023)<br \/>\n<br \/>Hong Kong: +852-6092-5076<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:nliu@staar.com\">nliu@staar.com<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:investorrelations@staar.com\">investorrelations@staar.com<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connie Johnson<br \/>\n<br \/>+1 626-303-7902 (ext 2207)<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:cjohnson@staar.com\">cjohnson@staar.com<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lucas Pers \/ Alexandra Benedict<br \/>\n<br \/>Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher<br \/>\n<br \/>+1 212-895-8692 \/ +1 212-895-8644\n<\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> California United States North America<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Biotechnology Medical Devices Health Optical Health Technology<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAAR Stockholders Have a Choice: Vote FOR Alcon\u2019s Certain, Premium $30.75 Per Share Cash Offer or Bear the Downside Risk that Broadwood Has No Credible Plan to Create Stockholder Value Broadwood Has Consistently Misled STAAR Stockholders About Takeover Interest in STAAR In Order to Derail the Alcon Merger STAAR Urges Stockholders to Vote \u201cFOR\u201d the Alcon Transaction on WHITE Proxy Card TODAY LAKE FOREST, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer\u00ae Lenses (EVO ICL\u2122) for vision correction, today issued the following open letter to STAAR stockholders: Dear STAAR Surgical Stockholders: The Special Meeting of Stockholders to vote on the amended agreement with Alcon Inc. 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