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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-319626
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20251216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251215

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	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:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11634
		FILM NUMBER:		251573001

	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-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
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STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>On December&nbsp;15, 2025, STAAR Surgical Company (&#8220;STAAR&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;)
issued the following press release: </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" ALIGN="center">


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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firm ISS Recommends STAAR Stockholders Vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; Alcon
Merger </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>STAAR Urges Stockholders to Vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; Alcon Merger on the WHITE Proxy Card TODAY </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>LAKE FOREST, CA, December</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;15, 2025</B> &#8211; STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA) (&#8220;STAAR&#8221;), the global leader in phakic
IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> Lenses (EVO ICL<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">&#153;</SUP>) for vision correction, today announced that leading independent
proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (&#8220;ISS&#8221;) has issued a new report and revised its recommendation with respect to STAAR&#8217;s merger with Alcon. <B>ISS is now </B><B>recommending that all STAAR stockholders vote
</B><B>&#8220;</B><B>FOR</B><B>&#8221;</B><B> STAAR</B><B>&#8217;</B><B>s amended merger agreement with Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC) at STAAR</B><B>&#8217;</B><B>s Special Meeting of Stockholders on December</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;19, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.
(Pacific Time). </B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STAAR issued the following statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The STAAR Board is committed to maximizing stockholder value and serving the best interests of all STAAR stockholders. In the ISS report issued
today, ISS recommended a vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; the Alcon merger and noted that &#8220;uncertainties about valuation are now outweighed by the combination of more acute downside risks and improved terms&#8221;<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP> with respect to the Alcon agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STAAR clearly faces challenges as a standalone
company. It is not hard to see from STAAR&#8217;s financial results that the Company is facing headwinds. STAAR&#8217;s net sales have been on a downward trajectory since 2023 as a result of the overweight exposure to China, increasing competition,
a limited product offering and a historical inability to penetrate markets beyond high myopia patients. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STAAR previously indicated that it
believed China procedure volumes were positive year over year in 1Q25, softened during 2Q25, and did not improve in 3Q25.&nbsp;Like others in the industry, STAAR has not seen a rebound in 4Q25. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These trends reinforce the significant, sustained challenges STAAR faces as a standalone company and the benefit to stockholders provided by
the certain, premium value that would be realized in the Alcon merger. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After having completed a robust
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">go-shop</FONT> process, it is clear that there is not any buyer for STAAR who is willing to present a bid with a price at or above Alcon&#8217;s offered $30.75 per
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STAAR urges stockholders to follow the ISS recommendation and vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; the
Alcon transaction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Time is short. STAAR will hold a virtual Special Meeting of Stockholders on December&nbsp;19, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (Pacific Time).
Stockholders of record as of the close of business on October&nbsp;24, 2025, are entitled to vote at the meeting. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Alcon merger agreement, as
revised on December&nbsp;9, 2025, provides STAAR stockholders with $30.75 per share in cash, representing a 74% premium to STAAR&#8217;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">90-day</FONT> Volume Weighted Average Price and a 66% premium to the closing
price of STAAR common stock on August&nbsp;4, 2025. The Company encourages stockholders to protect the value of their investment and vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; the Alcon merger on the WHITE proxy card TODAY. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stockholders with questions about voting their shares should contact STAAR&#8217;s proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&amp;A Incorporated: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">For stockholders: +1 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">877-750-8233</FONT></FONT>
(toll-free from the U.S. and Canada) or +1 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">412-232-3651</FONT></FONT> (from other countries) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-750-5833</FONT></FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About STAAR Surgical </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STAAR 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
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</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&#8217;s natural crystalline lens. Its EVO ICL<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">&#153;</SUP> product line provides visual freedom through a quick, minimally invasive procedure. STAAR has sold more than 3&nbsp;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 www.EVOICL.com. To learn more about STAAR,
visit www.staar.com. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Additional Information About the Merger and Where to Find It </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This 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 &#8220;SEC&#8221;), including STAAR&#8217;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;), on September&nbsp;16, 2025. The Proxy Statement was first sent to STAAR
stockholders on September&nbsp;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&#8217;s website, www.sec.gov, or by visiting STAAR&#8217;s investor relations website, https://investors.staar.com. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Participants in the
Solicitation </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under 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&#8217;s common stock in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of STAAR and their ownership of STAAR&#8217;s common stock
is set forth in the Proxy Statement, the definitive proxy statement for STAAR&#8217;s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#8220;Annual Proxy Statement&#8221;), which was filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;24, 2025 (and which is available
at&nbsp;https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000718937/000095017025058174/staa-20250424.htm), including the sections captioned &#8220;Compensation of Directors,&#8221; &#8220;Information Regarding Executive Officers&#8221; and
&#8220;Security Ownership of Principal Shareholders and Management,&#8221; or its Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;27, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;21, 2025
(and which is available at&nbsp;https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000718937/000095017025024813/staa-20241227.htm), and in other documents filed by STAAR with the SEC. To the extent holdings of such participants in STAAR&#8217;s
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&#8217;s
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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Forward-Looking Statements </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The 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 &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221;
&#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;continue,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; 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,
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