{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-26-413763","form_type":"8-K/A","ticker":"STAA","cik":"0000718937","company_name":"STAAR SURGICAL CO","filed_at":"2026-10-05T16:25:39+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-05T16:26:00.250439+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:48:21.968318+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"STAAR names ex-CEO David Bailey Chief Commercial Officer; equity awards total $2.25M","bullets":["David Bailey named Chief Commercial Officer effective Sept 8, 2026, reporting to CEO Warren Foust; he was STAAR's President/CEO from 2001-2008 and later President, International.","Base salary CHF 462,825 (~$575,000); FY2026 target bonus 60% of salary, prorated; initial equity grant $850,000, 50% RSUs and 50% options vesting over three years.","2026 annual long-term incentive award valued at $1,400,000, prorated, split 50% options/50% RSUs; plus standard executive severance and change-in-control terms.","8-K/A corrects the equity award mix from the Sept 10, 2026 original filing; dollar amounts unchanged, corrected offer letter filed as Exhibit 10.1.","Press release cites Bailey's prior tenure: raised $60M+, won 2005 FDA approval of the ICL, launched in China and South Korea, and acquired the Canon Japan JV."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-413763","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-413763.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-413763.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-413763.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526413763/0001193125-26-413763-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/718937/000119312526413763/staa-20260908.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:48:21.968318+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}