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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT</P>

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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
October&nbsp;9, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 24pt"><U>STAAR Surgical
Company<BR>
</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black"><U>Delaware <BR>
</U>(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black"><U>0-11634 <BR>
</U>(Commission File Number)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black"><U>95-3797439 <BR>
</U>(I.R.S. Employer <BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">1911 Walker Ave, Monrovia, California <BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black"><U>91016<BR>
</U>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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</U>Former name or former address, if changed since last report</P>

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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:</FONT></P>

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Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)<BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)<BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))<BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">STAAR Surgical Company&rsquo;s President and Chief Executive
Officer, Barry Caldwell, will give presentations to investors in California on October 9, 2012. A copy of the slide presentation
Mr.&nbsp;Caldwell will use in his presentations is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report, and is incorporated herein by this
reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">The information furnished herewith
pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date of this Current
Report, regardless of any general incorporation language in the filing.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">October 9, 2012</TD>
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    <TD>Barry Caldwell</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">Description&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Slide Presentation dated October 9, 2012.&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
October 9, 2012
STAAR Surgical
Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
0-11634
(Commission File Number)
95-3797439
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1911 Walker Ave, Monrovia, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
91016
(Zip Code)
Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
¨
Written communications pursuant to
Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
STAAR Surgical Company's President and Chief Executive
Officer, Barry Caldwell, will give presentations to investors in California on October 9, 2012. A copy of the slide presentation
Mr. Caldwell will use in his presentations is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report, and is incorporated herein by this
reference.
The information furnished herewith
pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date of this Current
Report, regardless of any general incorporation language in the filing.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
STAAR Surgical Company
October 9, 2012
By:
/s/ Barry Caldwell
Barry Caldwell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Slide Presentation dated October 9, 2012.