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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:1pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;letter-spacing:-0.05pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Che<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">c</span>k<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">t</span>he a<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">ppropr</span>iate<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">bo</span>x<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">b</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">l</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">o</span>w<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span>f<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;"> </span>the F<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">r</span>m<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">8</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">-</span>K <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">f</span>il<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">n</span>g<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">n</span>ten<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">d</span>ed<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt;"> </span>to s<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span>mult<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">a</span>ne<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">o</span>u<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">sl</span>y<span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt;"> </span>sati<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">f</span>y<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">t</span>he<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">f</span>il<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">ob</span>l<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span>gati<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">r</span>egistr<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">a</span>nt un<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">d</span>er<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">n</span>y<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">o</span>f<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">t</span>he <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">f</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">o</span>ll<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">n</span>g<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">pro</span>visi<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">o</span>ns<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt;">(</span><span style="font-style:italic;">s</span><span style="font-style:italic;">ee</span><span style="font-style:italic;"> </span>G<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">e</span>ne<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">r</span>al<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">I</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">s</span>tructi<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">A</span>.<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">2</span>.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">b</span>el<span style="letter-spacing:0.2pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt;">w</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;">)</span>:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;letter-spacing:0.05pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;">m</span>er<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;">g</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span>ng<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;">g</span>r<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">w</span>th<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt;"> </span>c<span style="letter-spacing:0.2pt;">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt;">m</span>p<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt;">a</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt;">y</span>,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;">i</span><span 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On January 26, 2023, the Board of Directors of STAAR Surgical Company (the "Company") adopted amended and restated bylaws of the Company (the bylaws, as so amended and restated, the "Amended and Restated Bylaws"), effective immediately. The Amended and Restated Bylaws, among other things:
• Eliminate the requirement to have a stockholder list available for inspection at the stockholder meeting and update the procedural mechanics relating to adjourned meetings of stockholders, in each case, to reflect recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law;
•  Enhance the procedural and disclosure requirements for director nominees and stockholders proposing director nominees and other business for consideration at the Company's annual or special meetings of stockholders, including to address the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's "universal proxy card" rules;
• Require that a stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders use a proxy card color other than white;
• Add an exclusive forum provision; and
• Make certain other technical, ministerial and conforming revisions and clarifications.
The foregoing summary of the amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in connection with, the complete text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURE
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
February 1, 2023
By:
/s/ Thomas G. Frinzi
Thomas G. Frinzi
President and Chief Executive Officer