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Issuer:     STAAR SURGICAL CO (STAA)
CIK:        0000718937
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-038534
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

STAAR Surgical CLO Nathaniel Sisitsky departs; receives severance and consulting deal
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- Nathaniel Sisitsky terminated as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary effective Feb 4, 2026; treated as termination without cause.
- Severance includes 12 months base salary, 12 months insurance premium reimbursement, 2025 annual bonus, and $75,000 retention award installment.
- Consulting agreement runs through March 13, 2026 at $8,000/week plus $10,000 completion fee for transition of legal function.
- March 2026 RSUs accelerated and vested; all other equity awards (options, PSUs, other RSUs) forfeited as of Separation Date.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526038534/0001193125-26-038534-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526038534/staa-20260205.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-038534

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