UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 16, 2017

 

 

STAAR Surgical Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware    0-11634   95-3797439
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
 of Incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

1911 Walker Ave., Monrovia, California   91016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code 626-303-7902

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨Written communication 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 communication pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1 933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Caren Mason, President and Chief Executive Officer of STAAR Surgical Company (the “Company”), will give a presentation at the Company’s Investor and Analyst Day on November 16, 2017 at the Company’s R&D Center in Tustin, California. A copy of the slide presentation she will use in her presentation 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.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1 Slide Presentation dated November 16, 2017.

 

 

 

 

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   
   
November 16, 2017 By: /s/ Caren Mason  
    Caren Mason  
    President and Chief Executive Officer