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0001967480
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001167379
ALCON INC
001-31269
6201 SOUTH FREEWAY
FORT WORTH
TX
76134
817 293 0450
Attias Laurent
Officer
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
300
24219.00
490086981
05/16/2023
NYSE
Common
04/09/2020
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
300
04/09/2020
Compensation
N
Laurent Attias
6204 South Freeway
Forth Worth
TX
76134
Common
05/11/2023
9524
760967.60
05/16/2023
/s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Laurent Attias