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Issuer:     STAAR SURGICAL CO (STAA)
CIK:        0000718937
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-004699
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.02, 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526004699/0001193125-26-004699-index.htm
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