<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-17-028681.txt : 20170428
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-17-028681.hdr.sgml : 20170428
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170428160442
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-17-028681
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170428
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170428

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STAAR SURGICAL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000718937
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPHTHALMIC GOODS [3851]
		IRS NUMBER:				953797439
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1911 WALKER AVE
		CITY:			MONROVIA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6263037902

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1911 WALKER AVE
		CITY:			MONROVIA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91016

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ANDREWS DEBORAH J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001325697

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11634
		FILM NUMBER:		17795376

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1911 WALKER AVE.
		CITY:			MONROVIA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91016
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes an award of 2,500 Restricted Stock Units of Common Stock (RSU), subject to forfeiture rights, which lapse as to 1/3 of the RSUs on 3/21/18, 1/3 of the RSUs on 3/21/19, and 1/3 of the RSUs on 3/21/20.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">One third of the options vested on this date upon the completion of 12 months of continuous employment from the date of grant and thereafter, the balance vested in increments of one third on the following two anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The options granted become exercisable as follows: 1/3 upon completion of 12 months continuous employment from the date of grant and the remaining 2/3 of such options shall become exercisable over the next 24 months in equal amounts on a monthly basis, subject to continuous employment.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Ms. Deborah Andrew became interim Chief Financial Officer effective April 28, 2017.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Samuel Gesten as attorney-in-fact for Deborah Andrews</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-04-28</signatureDate>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Samuel Gesten and Charles Kaufman,
signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to do any or all of the following:

     (a)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
            Undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of
            STAAR Surgical Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and
            5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     (b)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
            the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to
            complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete
            and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
            file such form with the United States Securities and
            Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
            authority; and

     (c)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in
            connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
            the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
            interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
            it being understood that the documents executed by
            such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
            pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
            form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
            such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
            fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 (or such forms as may in the future be substituted
therefore under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act) with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day April, 2017.

/s/ Deborah Andrews
Signature
Deborah Andrews
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