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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-25-098826
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251014
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251014

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STAAR SURGICAL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000718937
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPHTHALMIC GOODS [3851]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				953797439
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1227

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11634
		FILM NUMBER:		251392478

	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

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001278386
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC.
		STREET 2:		156 WEST 56TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-508-5735

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC.
		STREET 2:		156 WEST 56TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROADWOOD PARTNERS LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040202
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<DESCRIPTION>DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Broadwood Partners, L.P.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On October 14, 2025, Broadwood Partners, L.P.,
collectively with its affiliates, issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as <A HREF="#a_001">Exhibit 1</A> and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Broadwood Partners, L.P., Broadwood Capital, Inc.,
Neal C. Bradsher, Richard T. LeBuhn, Natalie R. Capasso, Raymond A. Myers and Jason J. Martin (collectively, the &ldquo;Participants&rdquo;)
are participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of STAAR Surgical Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) in connection
with the special meeting of stockholders scheduled for October 23, 2025 (including any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations
thereof, the &ldquo;Special Meeting&rdquo;). The Participants have filed a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the &ldquo;Definitive
Proxy Statement&rdquo;) and accompanying&nbsp;<B>GREEN</B>&nbsp;Proxy Card to be used in connection with any such solicitation of proxies
from the Company&rsquo;s stockholders for the Special Meeting.&nbsp;<B>STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING
ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE FILED OR WILL FILE WITH THE U.S. SECURTIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING ABOUT THE MATTERS
TO BE VOTED ON AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND <FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">additional information relating to the Participants
and their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise</FONT></B>. The Definitive Proxy Statement and accompanying&nbsp;<B>GREEN</B>&nbsp;Proxy
Card have been furnished to some or all of the Company&rsquo;s stockholders and will be, along with other relevant documents, available
at no charge on the SEC&rsquo;s website at https://www.sec.gov/.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Information about the Participants and a description
of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained on an amendment to Schedule 13D filed by the Participants
with the SEC on September 26, 2025 and is available <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000121390025092516/xslSCHEDULE_13D_X01/primary_doc.xml">here</A>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>Exhibit 1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Broadwood Partners Comments on STAAR Surgical&rsquo;s
Late and Troubling Disclosure in Deeply Flawed Sale Process to Alcon</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>STAAR Belatedly Acknowledges Alternative
Interest in Acquiring the Company</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Reveals Entire Board Was Not Aware of Additional
Interest When Recommending for Alcon Transaction</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Broadwood Urges All Shareholders to Vote
&ldquo;<U>AGAINST</U>&rdquo; Proposed Acquisition by Alcon</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadwood Partners, L.P.
and its affiliates (&ldquo;Broadwood&rdquo; or &ldquo;we&rdquo;) today commented on the recent Current Report on Form 8-K filed by STAAR
Surgical Company (&ldquo;STAAR&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) (NASDAQ: STAA) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;)
of a &ldquo;supplement&rdquo; to the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement, filed on September 16, 2025, in connection with the proposed
acquisition of STAAR by Alcon Inc. (&ldquo;Alcon&rdquo;) (NYSE: ALC). Broadwood, which owns 27.5% of STAAR&rsquo;s outstanding common
stock, continues to urge its fellow shareholders to vote on its <B><U>GREEN</U></B> Proxy Card &ldquo;<B><U>AGAINST</U></B>&rdquo; the
proposed acquisition on the terms announced August 5, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Neal C. Bradsher, Broadwood Founder and President,
said:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">&ldquo;Fully twelve days ago we revealed
that there was an outreach in April from the CEO of a strategic buyer that was seeking to engage in discussions regarding a transaction
with STAAR and that the outreach was ignored by STAAR&rsquo;s CEO and Board Chair. STAAR first acknowledged this critical fact publicly
this morning, buried among a dozen pages of disclosure. Importantly, STAAR has now acknowledged that its CEO and Board Chair did not alert
fellow directors to this outreach, even though the potential counterparty has a strong strategic fit with STAAR and is backed by one of
the largest and most respected private equity firms in the world.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">The disclosure of the outreach from a strategic
buyer, both to shareholders and to the other directors, is long overdue. It is completely unacceptable that the CEO and Board Chair of
STAAR sought approval from the Board on their favored Alcon transaction without full disclosure to their fellow directors. It is even
more disturbing that they have sought shareholder approval without disclosing this alternative interest until this morning. It is a breach
of trust and transparency.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">We can only wonder what other critical
facts are as yet unknown to the rest of the Board and all shareholders. We again urge our fellow shareholders to vote <B><U>AGAINST</U></B>
this transaction.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Shareholders can learn more at www.LetSTAARShine.com.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About Broadwood </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Broadwood Partners, L.P. is managed by Broadwood
Capital, Inc. Broadwood Capital is a private investment firm based in New York City. Neal C. Bradsher is the President of Broadwood Capital.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Certain Information Concerning the Participants</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Broadwood Partners, L.P., Broadwood Capital, Inc.,
Neal C. Bradsher, Richard T. LeBuhn, Natalie R. Capasso, Raymond A. Myers and Jason J. Martin (collectively, the &ldquo;Participants&rdquo;)
are participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of STAAR in connection with the special meeting of shareholders
scheduled for October 23, 2025 (including any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof, the &ldquo;Special
Meeting&rdquo;). The Participants have filed a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the &ldquo;Definitive Proxy Statement&rdquo;)
and accompanying <B>GREEN</B> Proxy Card to be used in connection with any such solicitation of proxies from the Company&rsquo;s shareholders
for the Special Meeting. <B>SHAREHOLDERS OF STAAR ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO)
AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE FILED OR WILL FILE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;)
BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING ABOUT THE MATTERS TO BE VOTED ON AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTERESTS, BY SECURITY HOLDINGS OR OTHERWISE</B>. The Definitive
Proxy Statement and accompanying <B>GREEN</B> Proxy Card have been furnished to some or all of STAAR&rsquo;s shareholders and will be,
along with other relevant documents, available at no charge on the SEC&rsquo;s website at https://www.sec.gov/.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Information about the Participants and a description
of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained on an amendment to Schedule 13D filed by the Participants
with the SEC on September 26, 2025 and is available <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000121390025092516/xslSCHEDULE_13D_X01/primary_doc.xml">here</A>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Contacts</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Investor Contacts</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">John Ferguson / Joseph Mills</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Saratoga Proxy Consulting LLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">jferguson@saratogaproxy.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">jmills@saratogaproxy.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(212) 257-1311</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(888) 368-0379</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Media Contacts</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Scott Deveau / Jeremy Jacobs</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">August Strategic Communications</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Broadwood@AugustCo.com</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(323) 892-5562</P>

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