8-K 1 tv511086_8k.htm 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 17, 2019

STAAR Surgical Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware | 0-11634 | 95-3797439
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1911 Walker Ave., Monrovia, California | 91016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code 626-303-7902

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure.

Representatives of STAAR Surgical Company will give presentations to investors commencing on January 17, 2019. A copy of the slide presentation they will use in their presentations is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by this reference.

The information furnished herewith pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date of this Current Report, regardless of any general incorporation language in the filing.

| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits

| (d) | Exhibits

| Exhibit No. | Description

| 99.1 | Slide Presentation dated January 17, 2019.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

STAAR Surgical Company
January 17, 2019 | By: | /s/ Caren Mason
|  | Caren Mason
|  | President and Chief Executive Officer