Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001213900-25-087448
Chunk: 2

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form: PREC14A
Chunk 2
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PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT — SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

OF

STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY

PROXY STATEMENT

OF

BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P.

DATED [●], 2025</div>

Broadwood Partners, L.P.
(“Broadwood Partners” and collectively with its affiliates and the other Participants in this solicitation,
“Broadwood” or “we”), owns, collectively with the other Participants, an aggregate of approximately
13,566,677 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of STAAR Surgical Company, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company” or “STAAR”), representing approximately 27.4% of the Common Stock outstanding,
making us the Company’s largest stockholder. This Proxy Statement and the enclosed GREEN Proxy Card are first being
sent or given to stockholders on [●].

We are writing to our fellow
stockholders in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company (the “Proposed Merger”) by Alcon Research, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (“Alcon”). In connection with the Proposed Merger, the Company entered into an Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 4, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among
the Company, Alcon and Rascasse Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcon (“Merger Sub”).
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a direct, wholly owned
subsidiary of Alcon.

The Board of Directors of
the Company (the “Board”) has scheduled a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of voting upon the Merger Agreement
(including any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof, the “Special Meeting”). The Special Meeting
is scheduled to be held virtually via live webcast on [●], 2025, beginning at [●] Pacific Time. Stockholders will be able
to virtually attend the Special Meeting and vote at