---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-004699"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STAA"
cik: "0000718937"
company_name: "STAAR SURGICAL CO"
filed_at: "2026-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:35:28.879986+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# STAAR Surgical's merger with Alcon terminated after shareholder vote; no fee

## Summary
- Merger agreement with Alcon terminated effective Jan 6, 2026; no termination fee payable.
- Special meeting held same day; 87.9% of shares represented (43,367,928 of 49,365,823).
- Merger proposal not approved: 14,904,915 For, 27,339,877 Against, 1,123,136 abstain.
- Compensation proposal not approved: 14,224,065 For, 27,905,792 Against, 1,238,071 abstain.
- Both parties bear their own costs and expenses under the Merger Agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-004699
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STAA
- cik: 0000718937
- company_name: STAAR SURGICAL CO
- filed_at: 2026-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526004699/0001193125-26-004699-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526004699/d823468d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  STAAR SURGICAL CO terminated Agreement and Plan of Merger with Alcon Research, LLC (effective 2026-01-06).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Alcon Research, LLC
  - Effective: 2026-01-06
  source text: As previously disclosed, on August 4, 2025, STAAR Surgical Company (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 4, 2025 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Alcon Research, LLC (“Alcon”) and Rascasse Merger Sub, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526004699/0001193125-26-004699-index.htm

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