Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-10-14
Form Type: DFAN14A
Source: 0001213900-25-098826
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-14
Form: DFAN14A
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”) and accompanying GREEN Proxy Card to be used in connection with any such solicitation of proxies
from the Company’s stockholders for the Special Meeting. 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 “SEC”) 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. The Definitive Proxy Statement and accompanying GREEN Proxy
Card have been furnished to some or all of the Company’s stockholders and will be, along with other relevant documents, available
at no charge on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov/.

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 here.

Exhibit 1

<div align='center'>Broadwood Partners Comments on STAAR Surgical’s Late and Troubling Disclosure in Deeply Flawed Sale Process to Alcon

STAAR Belatedly Acknowledges Alternative Interest in Acquiring the Company

Reveals Entire Board Was Not Aware of Additional Interest When Recommending for Alcon Transaction

Broadwood Urges All Shareholders to Vote “ AGAINST” Proposed Acquisition by Alcon</div>

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadwood Partners, L.P.
and its affiliates (“Broadwood” or “we”) today commented on the recent Current Report on Form 8-K filed by STAAR
Surgical Company (“STAAR” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: STAA) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
of a “supplement” to the Company’s definitive proxy statement, filed on September 16, 2025, in connection with the proposed
acquisition of STAAR by Alcon Inc. (“Alcon”) (NYSE: ALC). Broadwood, which owns 27.5% of STAAR’s outstanding common
stock, continues to urge its fellow shareholders to vote on its GREEN Proxy Card “AGAINST” the
proposed acquisition on the terms announced