STAAR Surgical says no other acqusition proposals other than Alcon

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* STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/STAA]) said it has not received any proposal to acquire the company other than from Alcon (NYSE:ALC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ALC]), including the 45-day "window shop" period.
* "As previously disclosed, the communications from Party A and B were not offers and contained no information relating to valuation, timing, diligence requirements, financing capability, transaction structure, or other terms," STAAR Surgical said in a statement [https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20269715-staar-surgical-affirms-that-no-acquisition-proposals-have-been-received-from-any-party-other]on Thursday. The outreach from parties A, B and C were not offers.
* The latest comments from STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/STAA]) come after prominent proxy adviser ISS said holders should vote against [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4504350-staar-surgical-holders-should-vote-against-sale-to-alcon-iss-says-report] Alcon's (NYSE:ALC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ALC]) planned $1.5 billion purchase of the implantable lens maker. Fellow proxy firm Glass Lewis last week also recommended shareholders vote against the transaction. [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4502718-staar-surgical-holders-should-vote-against-sale-to-alcon-glass-lewis-says#hasComeFromMpArticle=false#source=section%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews]A vote on the deal is set for Oct. 23.

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* STAAR Surgical holders should vote against sale to Alcon, ISS says (update) [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4504350-staar-surgical-holders-should-vote-against-sale-to-alcon-iss-says-report]
* STAAR Surgical holders should vote against sale to Alcon, Glass Lewis says [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4502718-staar-surgical-holders-should-vote-against-sale-to-alcon-glass-lewis-says]