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
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 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.

Participation in the Solicitation

Alcon and certain of its directors and executive officers may be deemed
to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect 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 forth 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 )
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 ).
Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitations and a description of their direct and indirect interests, 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 decisions. 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 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.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information covered by this press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation 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 press
release 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, 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