Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form Type: DFAN14A
Source: 0001104659-25-105834
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form: DFAN14A
Chunk 5
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 solicitation of proxies in res pect of the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of Alcon, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set f ort h in Alcon’s proxy statement for its 2025 Annual General Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on April 4, 2025 (and which is available at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167379/000116737925000012/form6 - kxagmin vite2025.htm) and Alcon’s Annual Report on Form 20 - F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on February 25, 2025 (and which is available at https://www.sec.gov/ix? doc =/Archives/edgar/data/0001167379/000116737925000008/alc - 20241231.htm). Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitations and a description of their direct and indirect intere sts , by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in the Proxy Statement and in other documents filed by STAAR with the SEC. Investors should read the Proxy Statement carefully before making any voting decision s. You may obtain free copies of these documents using the sources indicated above. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and ind ire ct 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. Forward - Looking Statements The information covered by this presentation contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Li tigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward - looking statements often contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “continue,” “will,” “should,” “may,” and similar terms. All statements in this presentation 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, uncertaint ies and other important factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from what is expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, but not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Alcon merger agreement or could cause the consummation