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Alcon Exercises Right to Require STAAR Surgical to Adjourn its Special Meeting of Stockholders
LAKE FOREST, Calif., December 19, 2025--STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), the manufacturer of the Implantable Collamer® Lens (ICL) today announced that Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC) has exercised its right under the Alcon merger agreement to require STAAR to adjourn its Special Meeting of Stockholders in connection with the Alcon merger agreement (the "Special Meeting"). As a result, the Special Meeting, which was scheduled for December 19, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time, has been adjourned to Janu

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