secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STAAR SURGICAL CO (STAA)
CIK:        0000718937
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-014681
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

STAAR Surgical elects new Board Chair; forms CEO Search Committee
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- Neal C. Bradsher (Broadwood Capital, largest stockholder) elected Board Chair effective Jan 15, 2026.
- Board creates Search Committee to identify CEO successor; chaired by Lilian Y. Zhou.
- New Insight and Engagement Committee formed to gather business perspectives; chaired by Christopher M. Wang.
- All directors determined independent; Audit Committee regains NASDAQ compliance.
- Standing committee chairs: Audit (Zhou), Compensation (Silverman), Nominating & Governance (Bradsher).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526014681/0001193125-26-014681-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526014681/staa-20260115.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-014681

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