Yunqi Capital opposes STAAR merger with Alcon despite revised offer

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Yunqi Capital Comments on Proxy Advisors’ Updated Recommendations, Urges Shareholders to Continue to Back the Company’s Standalone Trajectory

December 16, 2025 1:32 PM EST

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yunqi Capital Limited (together with its affiliates and the funds it advises, Yunqi Capital), an investment management firm and 5.1% shareholder of STAAR Surgical Company (STAAR or the Company) (NASDAQ: STAA), today released the following letter to STAAR shareholders in response to the updated reports of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (Glass Lewis) regarding the proposed acquisition of STAAR by Alcon Inc. (Alcon) (SIX/NYSE: ALC).

The text of the letter is as follows:

December 17, 2025

Dear Fellow STAAR... More