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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-20-036115
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20200804
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200804
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200804

FILER:

	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:			0103

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-240332
		FILM NUMBER:		201073387

	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
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Registration No. 333-_____</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY<font style="font-weight:normal;"><br /></font><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:normal;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">25651 Atlantic Ocean Drive<br />Lake Forest, California 92630 <br /><font style="font-size:9pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">STAAR<font style="font-size:10pt;"> </font>SURGICAL COMPANY AMENDED AND RESTATED<br />OMNIBUS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<font style="font-size:10pt;"> </font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(Full title of the plan)<br />___________________________</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Chief Legal Officer and Secretary </p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">25651 Atlantic Ocean Drive</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(Name and address of agent for service)</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Lexcuity, LP</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 605</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Sherman Oaks, California 91403</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:6.67%;text-indent:2.55%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and emerging growth company in Rule&#160;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This registration statement on Form S-8 registers 2,650,000 shares of common stock newly available for issuance under the Amended and Restated STAAR Surgical Company Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Restated Omnibus Plan).  The stockholders of STAAR Surgical Company approved the Restated Omnibus Plan, which increased the available shares, on July 30, 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;Of the total 18,035,000 shares covered by the Restated Omnibus Plan, 15,385,000 have previously been registered.&nbsp;&nbsp;None of the shares being registered have been issued, and none of them are subject to outstanding options. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&#160;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the STAAR Surgical Company Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as specified by Rule&#160;428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;These documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Securities Act Rule&#160;424 in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.&nbsp;&nbsp;These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item&#160;3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&#160;10(a) of the Securities Act.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The validity of the securities being registered in this registration statement will be passed upon for the Company by Samuel Gesten, Esq., an attorney employed by the issuer, who owns 33,440 shares of our common stock and holds vested options to purchase an additional 50,491 shares of our common stock and unvested options to purchase an additional 194,711 shares of our common stock, subject to satisfaction of vesting and other conditions. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than a &#8220;derivative action&#8221; &#8212; an action by or in the right of the corporation) if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:7.69%;margin-right:7.69%;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="color:#000000;">The Corporation shall to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto</font>.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Our by-laws provide for indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, the Registrant has, and intends in the future to enter into, agreements to provide indemnification for directors and officers in addition to that provided for in the by-laws.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We maintain an insurance policy pursuant to which our directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policy, against specified expenses in connection with the defense of claims, actions, suits or proceedings, and liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions, suits or proceedings, that may be brought against them by reason of their being or having been directors or officers. </p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post&#8209;effective amendment to this registration statement:</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section&#160;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section&#160;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font> offering thereof.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">SIGNATURES</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, State of California, on August 4, 2020.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="POWER_ATTORNEY"></a><a name="POWER_ATTORNEY"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and officers of STAAR Surgical Company, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), hereby nominate and appoint Caren Mason, Samuel Gesten and Deborah Andrews and each of them acting or signing singly, as his or her agents and attorneys-in-fact (the &#8220;Agents&#8221;), for the undersigned and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as a director or officer of STAAR Surgical Company), to sign a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the &#8220;Act&#8221;), in connection with the registration under the Act of shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock issuable under the STAAR Surgical Company Amended and Restated Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto the Agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked or superseded by written notice filed with the SEC.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">August 4, 2020</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Caren Mason</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Lake Forest, CA&nbsp;&nbsp;92630</p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Re:<font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font>Registration Statement on Form S-8</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">I have acted as counsel to STAAR Surgical Company (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Company</font>&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Registration Statement</font>&#8221;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Commission</font>&#8221;) on the date hereof with respect to 2,650,000 shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Shares</font>&#8221;) issuable pursuant to the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Plan</font>&#8221;).</p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In my capacity as Chief Legal Officer to the Company, based on my familiarity with the affairs of the Company and on my examination of the law and documents I have deemed relevant, I am of the opinion that when the Shares have been issued and sold pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement, the Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company's Common Stock.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">I consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to this opinion in the Registration Statement, any prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection therewith, and any amendments thereto.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:46.15%;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Very truly yours,</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;;">&nbsp;</p>
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