Broadwood Partners Denounces STAAR Surgical’s Fourth Delay of the Shareholder Vote on the Company’s Proposed Sale to Alcon

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadwood Partners, L.P. and its affiliates (“Broadwood” or “we”), which together own 30.2% of the outstanding common stock of STAAR Surgical Company (“STAAR” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: STAA), today responded to the fourth postponement of STAAR’s Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) in connection with the proposed acquisition of STAAR by Alcon Inc. (“Alcon”) (NYSE: ALC). The Special Meeting, which was originally scheduled to be held on October 23, 2