Broadwood Partners Files Definitive Proxy Statement Soliciting STAAR Surgical Stockholders to Vote “AGAINST” Proposed Acquisition by Alcon

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadwood Partners, L.P. and its affiliates (collectively, “Broadwood”), holders of approximately 27.5% of the outstanding common stock of STAAR Surgical Company (“STAAR” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: STAA) today announced that it has filed a definitive proxy statement and GREEN proxy card with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and sent a letter to its fellow stockholders in connection with its opposition to the proposed acquisition of the Company b