secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STAAR SURGICAL CO (STAA)
CIK:        0000718937
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-243041
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

STAAR Surgical announces preliminary Q3 net sales $94.7M (+6.9%); includes $25.9M China shipment
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- Preliminary net sales $94.7M, up 6.9% YoY from $88.6M; outside China grew 7.7%.
- $25.9M from December 2024 China ICL shipment recognized in Q3 upon payment receipt.
- China distributors reduced inventory by ~$80-85M over nine months; new Q3 orders fell.
- Distributor inventory at ~6 months as of Sep 26, aligned to contractual levels.
- Special meeting Oct 23 to vote on Alcon merger proposal; early release for stockholders.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312525243041/0001193125-25-243041-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312525243041/d47809d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-243041

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