As filed with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2008
Registration
No. 333-143131
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Amendment
No. 2
to
FORM
S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STAAR
SURGICAL COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of
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1911 Walker
Avenue
Monrovia, California 91016
(626) 303-7902
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
Charles
Kaufman
Vice President and General Counsel
STAAR Surgical Company
1911
Walker Avenue
Monrovia, California 91016
(626) 303-7902
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent
for Service)
Approximate date
of
commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities
being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
If any of the
securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933,
other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. þ
If this Form is
filed
to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under
the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities
Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. o
If this Form is
a
post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities
Act,
please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the
same
offering. o
If this Form is
a
registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective
amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission
pursuant to rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
o
If this Form is
a
post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes
of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the
following box. o
Indicate by check
mark
whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company”
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer o |
Accelerated filer þ |
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check
if a smaller
reporting company) |
Smaller reporting company o |
The Registrant
hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be
necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further
amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on
such
date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said
Section 8(a), may determine.
The
information contained in this prospectus is not complete and may
change. We may
not sell these securities or accept an offer to buy these securities
until the
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
is
effective. This prospectus is neither an offer to sell these securities
nor a
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any state where
the offer or
sale is not permitted.
PROSPECTUS
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL 29,
2008
STAAR
Surgical Company
70,000 Shares of Common
Stock
This is an offering
of common stock of
STAAR Surgical Company, or STAAR. All of the shares are being offered by
the
selling stockholder listed in the section of this prospectus entitled “Selling
Stockholder.” We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the
70,000 shares being offered by the selling stockholder.
Our common stock
is traded on the
Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol “STAA.” On April 28, 2008, the
last reported price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market was
$2.30.
Investment
in our securities
involves a high degree of risk. Please carefully consider the “Risk Factors”
published in our most recent Annual Report on Form
10-K and in our most recent Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and
Exchange Commission. These reports are incorporated by reference into this
prospectus. Instructions for obtaining copies appears under the heading “Where
You Can Find More Information.”
Neither
the Securities and
Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or
disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy this
prospectus. Any representation to the contrary
is
a criminal offense.
The date of
this
prospectus is April __, 2008.
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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Special
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Prospectus
Summary
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Risk
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Use
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Selling
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Plan
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Experts
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Where
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You should rely
only on the information
contained in this prospectus and information to which we have referred you.
We
have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information.
In
particular, we have not authorized any dealer or salesperson to give any
information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You
must
not rely on any unauthorized information or representation. This prospectus
is
an offer to sell only the securities it specifically describes on the front
of
the document, and only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where we
can
lawfully do so.
Before purchasing
our common stock, you
should carefully read this prospectus, together with the additional information
about us described under “Where You Can Find More Information” and
“Incorporation of Documents by Reference.”
You should assume
that the information
in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the cover page. Any
information we have incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate
only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, unless we
indicate otherwise, regardless of the time this prospectus is delivered
or the time a security is sold. Our business, financial condition, results of operations
and
prospects may have changed materially since that date.
This prospectus
does not constitute an
offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, the securities
offered
by this prospectus in any jurisdiction to or from any person to whom or from
whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation of an offer in such
jurisdiction.
We further note
that any
representations, warranties and covenants we may have made in any agreement
filed as an exhibit to any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus were made solely for the benefit of the parties to
that
agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among
the parties to the agreement. You should not deem these to be representations,
warranties or covenants to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties
or
covenants were accurate only as of the date when made.
SPECIAL
NOTE
REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements in this
prospectus that are
not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements also appear in the other documents to which we
refer
you in this prospectus. They may be found, among other places, in the sections
entitled “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” in our most recent report on Form 10-K, in
our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and amendments to these documents filed
with
the SEC. These statements relate to our future plans, objectives, expectations
and intentions. Among other things, forward-looking statements include
statements about the following:
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our business prospects, including expectations for revenue or
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the status of applications for approval of products by the FDA
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sufficiency of our cash reserves; |
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research and development and other expenses; and |
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You may also generally
identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “expect,”
“anticipate,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions.
You should
not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our actual
results could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements as a result of numerous risks and
uncertainties that are beyond our control, including those we discuss in
“Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus and in our other reports we file with the SEC. The forward-looking
statements in this prospectus speak only as of the date shown on the cover
page,
and you should not rely on these statements without also considering the
risks
and uncertainties associated with these statements and our business.
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
STAAR Surgical
Company develops,
manufactures and sells visual implants and other innovative ophthalmic products
to improve or correct the vision of patients with cataracts and refractive
conditions. We manufacture products in the U.S., Switzerland and Japan and
distribute our products worldwide.
Cataract Surgery
We generate most
of our revenue by
manufacturing and selling foldable intraocular lenses, known as IOLs, and
related products for cataract surgery. A foldable IOL is a prosthetic lens
used
to replace a cataract patient’s natural lens after it has been extracted in
minimally invasive small incision cataract extraction. STAAR makes IOLs out
of
silicone and out of Collamer®, STAAR’s proprietary biocompatible
collagen copolymer lens material. STAAR’s IOLs are available in both three-piece
and one-piece designs. Over the years, we have expanded our range of products
for use in cataract surgery to include the following:
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The silicone Toric IOL, used in cataract surgery to treat preexisting
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The Preloaded Injector, a three-piece silicone or acrylic IOL
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STAARVISC™ II, a viscoelastic material which is used as a tissue
protective lubricant and to maintain the shape of the eye during
surgery;
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Cruise Control, a disposable filter which allows for a faster,
cleaner
phacoemulsification procedure and is compatible with all
phacoemulsification equipment utilizing Venturi and peristaltic pump
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Refractive
Surgery
Manufacturing and
selling lenses for
refractive surgery is an increasingly important source of revenue for STAAR.
We
have used our proprietary biocompatible Collamer material to develop and
manufacture the Implantable Collamer Lens, or ICL. STAAR’s VISIANTM
ICL and VISIAN™ Toric ICL, or TICL™, treat refractive disorders such as myopia
(near-sightedness), hyperopia (far-sightedness) and astigmatism. These disorders
of vision affect a large proportion of the population. Unlike the IOL, which
replaces a cataract patient’s cloudy lens, these products are designed to work
with the patient’s natural lens to correct refractive disorders. The surgeon
implants the foldable Visian lens through a tiny incision, generally under
local
anesthesia. STAAR began selling the Visian ICL outside the U.S. in 1996 and
inside the U.S. in 2006. STAAR began selling the Visian TICL outside the
U.S. in
2002. These products are sold in more than 40 countries. STAAR’s goal is to
establish the position of the ICL and TICL throughout the world as a primary
choice for refractive surgery.
Distribution
STAAR’s wholly owned
subsidiary,
Domilens Vertrieb fuer medizinische Produkte GmbH is a leading distributor
of
ophthalmic products in Germany. Products sold by Domilens include implantable
lenses, related surgical equipment, consumables and other supplies. Domilens
sells custom surgical kits that incorporate a surgeon’s preferred supplies and
consumables in a single ready-to-use package, and services phacoemulsification
and other surgical equipment. In addition to distributing and servicing products
of third party manufacturers, Domilens distributes STAAR’s refractive products
and Preloaded Injectors.
Other Products
We have also developed
the AquaFlow™
Collagen Glaucoma Drainage Device, as an alternative to current methods of
treating open-angle glaucoma. The AquaFlow Device is implanted in the sclera
(the white of the eye), using a minimally invasive procedure, for the purpose
of
reducing intraocular pressure.
We also sell other
instruments, devices
and equipment that we manufacture or that are manufactured by others in the
ophthalmic industry. In general, these products complement STAAR’s proprietary
product range and are intended to allow us to compete more effectively.
Operations
STAAR has significant
operations both
within and outside the U.S., and receives the majority of its revenue from
its
activities outside the U.S. STAAR’s principal business units and their
operations are as follows:
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United States. STAAR operates its global administrative
headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Monrovia, California.
The
Monrovia manufacturing facility principally makes Collamer and silicone
IOLs and injector systems for IOLs and ICLs. STAAR also manufactures
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Switzerland. STAAR operates an administrative and manufacturing
facility in Nidau, Switzerland under its wholly owned subsidiary,
STAAR
Surgical AG. The Nidau manufacturing facility makes all of STAAR’s ICLs
and TICLs and also manufactures Collamer IOLs. STAAR Surgical AG
handles
distribution and other administrative affairs for Europe and other
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Japan. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, STAAR Japan, Inc.,
STAAR operates an administrative facility in Tokyo, Japan and a
manufacturing facility in Ichikawa City. All of STAAR’s preloaded
injectors are manufactured at the Ichikawa City facility. STAAR Japan
is
also currently seeking approval from the Japanese regulatory authorities
to market in Japan STAAR’s Visian® ICL™, Collamer®
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Germany. STAAR’s wholly owned subsidiary, Domilens Vertrieb Fur
Medezine GmbH, operates its distribution business at facilities in
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Corporate Information
Originally incorporated
in California
in 1982, STAAR reincorporated in Delaware in 1986. Our executive offices
are
located at 1911 Walker Avenue, Monrovia, California 91016, and our telephone
number is (626) 303-7902. Our website address is www.staar.com. The
information on our website is not a part of this prospectus.
STAAR Surgical
Company, STAAR’s Logo,
Visian®, Collamer®, STAARvisc™, SonicWAVE™ and AquaFlow™
are trademarks of STAAR in the U.S. and other countries.
Collamer® is
the brand name for STAAR’s proprietary collagen copolymer lens material.
The Offering
The selling stockholder
listed in the
section of this prospectus entitled “Selling Stockholder” may offer and sell up
to 70,000 shares of our common stock.
Under this prospectus,
the selling
stockholder may sell its shares of common stock in the open market at prevailing
market prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. It may sell
the
shares directly, or may sell them through underwriters, brokers or dealers.
Underwriters, brokers or dealers may receive discounts, concessions or
commissions from the selling stockholder or from the purchaser, and this
compensation might be in excess of the compensation customary in the type
of
transaction involved. See the section of this prospectus entitled “Plan of
Distribution.”
We will not receive
any proceeds from
the potential sale of the 70,000 shares offered by the selling stockholder.
However, before any such sale the selling stockholder must first purchase
the
shares from us by exercising the warrants issued to the Selling Stockholder
on
March 21, 2007. The exercise price of the warrants is $6 per share.
Exercise of the warrants is at the sole discretion of the selling stockholder,
who may exercise all, some or none of the warrants. We intend to use cash
received on the exercise of warrants, if any, for general corporate purposes.
RISK
FACTORS
Investment in our
securities involves a
high degree of risk. Please carefully consider the “Risk Factors” published in
our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our most recent Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. These reports are incorporated by
reference into this prospectus. Instructions for obtaining copies appears
under
the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.” Each of these risk factors
describes a circumstance that has the potential to materially harm our business,
operating results or financial condition and reduce the value of an investment
in our securities. It is important for investors to read and consider all
of
them.
USE
OF
PROCEEDS
We will not receive
any proceeds from
the sale of up to 70,000 shares of common stock offered by the selling
stockholder in this prospectus.
The selling stockholder
has the right
to acquire the common stock offered in this prospectus at a price of $6 per
share, under a Warrant Agreement between STAAR and the selling stockholder
dated
March 21, 2007. If the Warrant Agreement is exercised in full, we will
receive net proceeds of approximately $420,000, which we intend to use for
general corporate purposes. Exercise of the warrants is at the sole discretion
of the selling stockholder, who may exercise all, some or none of the warrants.
SELLING
STOCKHOLDER
The following table
lists the number of
shares of our common stock registered for sale by the selling stockholder
under
this prospectus. It also shows the total number of shares of common stock
owned
before and after the offering, and the percentage of our total outstanding
shares represented by these amounts. The table assumes that the selling
stockholder will sell all of the common stock being offered by this prospectus
for its account. However, the selling stockholder has no obligation to sell
any
of its shares, so we cannot determine the exact number of shares it actually
will sell.
The selling stockholder
has not had a
material relationship with us within the past three years other than as
a result
of the selling stockholder’s ownership of our securities and the transactions
described in this paragraph. The selling stockholder has loaned us
$5 million pursuant to a Senior Promissory Note entered into on
December 14, 2007, which has a maturity date of December 14, 2010, and
in connection with that loan we also entered into a Warrant Agreement with
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selling stockholder on December 14, 2007. Under
the
Warrant Agreement the selling stockholder has a right to purchase up to
700,000
shares of common stock at a price of $4 per share. The Senior Promissory
Note
also provides that STAAR may grant the selling stockholder a right to purchase
up to 700,000 additional shares of common stock on similar terms under
a warrant
agreement that STAAR may issue on June 1, 2009 based on the percentage of
the original $5 million indebtedness to the selling
stockholder that remains outstanding on that date. The selling
stockholder previously loaned us $4 million pursuant to a Promissory Note
entered into on March 21, 2007, which we have since repaid, and in
connection with that loan we also issued to the selling stockholder warrants
to
purchase 70,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $6 per share
under
a Warrant Agreement dated March 21, 2007, which are the shares offered for
sale under this prospectus.
We have been informed
by the selling
stockholder that it acquired the securities offered by this prospectus for
its
own account or the accounts of its affiliates in the ordinary course of its
business, and that, at the time the selling stockholder acquired the securities,
it had no agreement or understanding, direct or indirect, with any person
to
distribute the securities.
The table is
based on information
provided by the selling stockholder, and does not necessarily indicate
beneficial ownership for any other purpose. The number of shares of common
stock
beneficially owned by the selling stockholder is determined in accordance
with
the rules of the SEC. The term “selling stockholder” includes the stockholder
listed below and their transferees, assignees, pledgees, donees or other
successors. The percent of beneficial ownership for each selling stockholder
is
based on 29,475,122 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 23,
2008.
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The number and percentage of shares beneficially owned is determined
in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial
ownership for any other purpose. Under Rule 13d-3, the number of
shares beneficially owned includes any shares as to which a person
has
sole or shared voting power or investment power. Shares that a person
has
the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this prospectus
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are treated as outstanding for purposes of calculating the ownership
percentage of that person, but not for any other person. The 70,000
shares
offered pursuant to the prospectus, and an additional 700,000 shares
purchasable by Broadwood under other outstanding warrants, are not
included in the “Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering” because
under the terms of the warrant agreements between the selling stockholder
and the Company they may not be purchased with less than 61 days’
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Assumes that all shares being offered by the selling stockholder
under
this prospectus are sold, that the selling stockholder acquires no
additional shares of common stock before the completion of this offering,
and that the selling stockholder disposes of no shares of common
stock
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Broadwood Capital, Inc. is the general partner of Broadwood Partners,
L.P. As the president of Broadwood Capital, Inc., Neal C. Bradsher
exercises voting and dispositive power over the shares held of record
by
Broadwood Partners, L.P. Mr. Bradsher also beneficially owns 25,900
shares over which he exercises sole voting and dispositive
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PLAN
OF
DISTRIBUTION
On March 21, 2007, STAAR
entered
into a Promissory Note and Warrant Agreement with the selling stockholder.
The
Warrant Agreement provides that STAAR will register the offering by the selling
stockholder of up to 70,000 shares of our common stock that may be purchased
under the Warrant Agreement.
The selling stockholder
and its
successors, including its transferees, pledgees or donees, may sell the shares
covered by this prospectus from time to time for its own account. It will
act
independently of us in making decisions regarding the timing, manner and
size of
each sale. It may sell its shares on the Nasdaq Global Market or other
exchanges, in the over-the-counter market or in privately negotiated
transactions. It may sell its shares directly or through underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents, who may receive compensation in the form of discounts,
concessions, or commissions from the selling stockholder or from the purchasers
of the shares. The compensation received by a particular underwriter, broker,
dealer or agent might exceed customary commissions.
The shares of common
stock may be sold
in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices
at the
time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices, at varying
prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.
The selling stockholder
may sell its
shares through any of the following methods or any combination of these methods:
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purchases by a broker or dealer as a principal and resale by that
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the
broker
solicits purchasers, which may include long or short sales made after
the
effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus
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cross trades or block trades in which the broker or dealer engaged
to
make the sale will attempt to sell the securities as an agent, but
may
position and resell a portion of the block as a principal to facilitate
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in other ways not involving market makers or established trading
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any combination of the above transactions; or o any other lawful
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In addition, any
securities covered by
this prospectus that qualify for sale in compliance with Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 may be sold under Rule 144
rather than under this prospectus.
The selling stockholder
may enter into
hedging transactions with broker-dealers in connection with distributions
of the
shares or otherwise. In these transactions, broker-dealers may engage in
short
sales of common stock in the course of hedging the positions it assume with
the
selling stockholder.
The selling stockholder
also may sell
shares short and redeliver the shares to close out these short positions.
The
selling stockholder may enter into options or other transactions with
broker-dealers that require the delivery to the broker-dealer of the shares.
The
broker-dealer may then resell or otherwise transfer the shares covered by
this
prospectus (which may be amended or supplemented to reflect the transaction).
The selling stockholder also may loan or pledge the shares to a broker-dealer
or
another financial institution. If a selling stockholder defaults on the loan
or
the obligation secured by the pledge, the broker-dealer or institution may
sell
the shares so loaned or pledged under this prospectus (which may be amended
or
supplemented to reflect the transaction).
Broker-dealers
or agents may receive
compensation in the form of commissions, discounts or concessions from the
selling stockholder. Broker-dealers or agents may also receive compensation
from
the purchasers for whom it act as agents or to whom it sell as principals,
or
both. Compensation received by a particular broker-dealer might be in excess
of
customary commissions and will be in amounts to be negotiated in connection
with
the sale.
Broker-dealers
or agents and any other
participating broker-dealers or the selling stockholder may be deemed to
be
“underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act in
connection with sales of shares. Accordingly, any such commission, discount
or
concession received by them and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased
by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the
Securities Act.
The selling stockholder
has advised us
that it has not entered into any agreements, understandings or arrangements
with
any underwriters or broker-dealers regarding the sale of its securities and
that
there is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with
the
proposed sale of shares by the selling stockholder.
We have agreed
to maintain the
effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
part
until the earlier of the date the selling stockholder can sell the shares
offered in this prospectus without registration under Rule 144 or the date
all of the shares offered in this prospectus are sold.
We may suspend
the selling
stockholder’s rights to resell shares under this prospectus for limited periods
if required to do so by regulatory action or because material information
or
events affecting us are not adequately disclosed in the then available
prospectus.
We have agreed
to pay the expenses of
registering the shares under the Securities Act, including registration and
filing fees, printing expenses, administrative expenses and specified legal
and
accounting fees. The selling stockholder will bear all discounts, commissions
or
other amounts payable to underwriters, dealers or agents as well as fees
and
disbursements for legal counsel retained by any selling stockholder. We have
also agreed to indemnify the selling stockholder against liabilities, including
certain liabilities under the Securities Act.
The
selling stockholder may agree to indemnify any agent, dealer or
broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving sales of shares
against liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities
Act.
Because
the selling stockholder may be deemed to be an “underwriter”
within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act, the selling
stockholder will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act, applicable. If we are required to supplement this prospectus
or
post-effectively amend the registration statement to disclose a specific
plan of
distribution of the selling stockholder, the supplement or amendment will
describe the particulars of the plan of distribution, including the shares
of
common stock, purchase price and names of any agent, broker, dealer, or
underwriter or arrangements relating to any such entity or applicable
commissions.
Under
applicable rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, no person engaged in the distribution of the shares
may
simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to our common
stock for a restricted period before the commencement of the distribution.
In
addition, the selling stockholder will be subject to applicable provisions
of
the Securities Exchange Act and the associated rules and regulations under
the
Securities Exchange Act, including Regulation M, the provisions of which
may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the shares by the selling
stockholder.
We
will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling
stockholder and have informed the selling stockholder of the need to deliver
copies of this prospectus to purchasers at or before the time of any sale
of the
shares.
Our
common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the
symbol “STAA.” The transfer agent for our shares of common stock is American
Stock Transfer & Trust Co., 59 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038.
LEGAL
MATTERS
The validity of
the issuance of the common
stock offered by us in this offering will be passed upon for us by Charles
Kaufman, Esq. Mr. Kaufman, who participated in the preparation of this
prospectus and the related registration statement, is employed by STAAR as
its
Vice President and General Counsel, owns 8,000 shares of our Common Stock
and
holds options to purchase 70,000 shares of our common stock.
EXPERTS
The
consolidated financial statements and schedules as of December 28, 2007 and
December 29, 2006 and for each of the three fiscal years in the period
ended December 28, 2007 and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2007
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual
Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2007 have been
so
incorporated in reliance on the reports of BDO Seidman, LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, incorporated herein by reference,
given on
the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.
WHERE
YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are a reporting
company and file
annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. You may read and
copy
these reports, proxy statements and other information at the SEC’s public
reference rooms at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request
copies of these documents by writing to the SEC and paying a fee for the
copying
cost. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the
operation of the public reference rooms. Our SEC filings are also available
on
the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov.
INFORMATION
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows
us to “incorporate by
reference” information that we file with them, which means that we can disclose
important information to you by referring you to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus,
and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update
and
supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed
below and any future filings we will make with the SEC under Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)
(other than information contained in Current Reports on Form 8-K under
Item 7.01 or Item 2.02 that is deemed furnished and not filed), after
the date of the prospectus but before the end of any offering made under
this
prospectus The SEC allows us to provide you with important information about
our
company by referring you to other documents we have filed with the SEC and
made
available on the SEC’s website. When we incorporate information by reference in
this manner in this prospectus, the information is considered to be part
of the
prospectus. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below:
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended
December 28, 2007; |
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our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to
be held on May 15, 2008, filed with the SEC on April 14,
2008; |
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our
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2008, and
Amendment No. 1 to the report filed with the SEC on March 13,
2008;
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our
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 14, 2008,
excluding Item 7.01 furnished as a part of the report;
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all filings filed by us pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act after
the date of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement and prior
to the
effectiveness of the registration statement and; |
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the description of our common stock contained in our amended
registration statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on April 18,
2003, including any amendment report filed for the purpose of updating
that description. |
If a document we
subsequently file with
the SEC contains information that modifies or supersedes any statement made
in
this prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus,
then the statement originally included in this prospectus or the document
incorporated by reference will be treated as modified or replaced in its
entirety by the later information.
You may request
a copy of these filings
at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address: Corporate
Secretary, 1911 Walker Avenue, Monrovia, California 91016 (626) 303-7902.
Exhibits to these filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits
have
specifically been incorporated by reference in this document.
To the extent that
any statement in
this prospectus is inconsistent with any statement that is incorporated by
reference and that was made on or before the date of this prospectus, the
statement in this prospectus will supersede such incorporated statement. The
incorporated statement will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded,
to
constitute a part of this prospectus or the
registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the
contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete and,
in
each instance, we refer you to the copy of each contract or document filed
as an
exhibit to the registration statement.
Part
II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14.
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table
sets forth the
costs and expenses payable by the Registrant in connection with the sale
of
common stock being registered. All amounts are estimates except the SEC
registration fee.
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Securities
and Exchange
Commission registration fee
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$ |
10.06 |
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Accounting
fees and
expenses
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10,000.00 |
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Printing and
related
fees
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1,000.00 |
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Miscellaneous
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500.00 |
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Total
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11,510.06 |
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Item 15.
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors
and
officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right
of the
corporation or a derivative action), if it acted in good faith and in a manner
it reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had
no
reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful.
A similar standard
is applicable in the
case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court
approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides
that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by
a
corporation’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote,
stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
As permitted by
Section 145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, Article VIII of our restated certificate
of incorporation provides:
“The corporation
shall to the fullest
extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto.”
Our by-laws provide
for indemnification
of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
In
addition, the Registrant has, and intends in the future to enter into,
agreements to provide indemnification for directors and officers in addition
to
that provided for in the by-laws.
We maintain an
insurance policy
pursuant to which our directors and officers are insured, within the limits
and
subject to the limitations of the policy, against specified expenses in
connection with the defense of claims, actions, suits or proceedings, and
liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions, suits
or
proceedings, that may be brought against them by reason of its being or having
been directors or officers.
We generally enter
into agreements with
our executive officers and directors to indemnify them to the fullest extent
permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Item 16.
Exhibits
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Exhibit |
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Description
of
Exhibit |
5.1*
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Opinion regarding legality of securities. |
23.1
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Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP. |
23.2*
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Consent of Charles Kaufman, Esq. (included
in
Exhibit 5.1). |
24.1*
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Power of Attorney (incorporated by
reference to
page II-6 of the original Registration Statement filed on May 21,
2007). |
Item 17.
Undertakings
The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement: |
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act; |
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ii. |
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the
effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant
to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in
the effective registration statement; and |
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or
any material change to such information in this registration
statement; |
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provided, however, that paragraphs a(i), a(ii) and a(iii) shall
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement,
or is
contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that
is
part of this Registration Statement. |
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the
initial bona fide offering thereof; and |
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering. |
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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities
Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
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Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration
statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of
and
included in the registration statement; and |
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Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2),
(b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance
on
Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to
Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing
the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of
1933
shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement
as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used
after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities
in
the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B,
for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that
date
an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date
of
the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration
statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by
reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part
of
the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract
of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was
part of
the registration statement or made in any such document immediately
prior
to such effective date. |
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant
under
the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
of
the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary
offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to
this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used
to sell
the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or
sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will
be
considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser: |
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424; |
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any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared
by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrant; |
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the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant;
and |
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any other communication that is an offer in the offering made
by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the
registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall
be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof. |
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive officers
and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the
opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy
as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such
issue. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3
and has
duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to its registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of
Monrovia, State of California, on April 29, 2008.
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STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY |
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By: |
/s/Barry
Caldwell |
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Barry Caldwell |
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President, Chief Executive officer (Principal
Executive officer) |
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Pursuant to the
requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below
by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature |
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Title |
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Date |
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/s/ Barry Caldwell
Barry
Caldwell |
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President, Chief Executive officer,
and Director
(Principal Executive officer) |
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April 29, 2008 |
/s/ Deborah Andrews
Deborah
Andrews |
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Chief Financial officer and Chief
Accounting
officer (Principal Financial and Accounting officer) |
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April 29, 2008 |
/s/ David Bailey*
David
Bailey |
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Director, President of International
Operations
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April 29, 2008 |
/s/ Don Bailey*
Don
Bailey |
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Director, Chairman of the Board |
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April 29, 2008 |
/s/ Donald Duffy*
Donald
Duffy |
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Director |
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April 29, 2008 |
John
C. Moore |
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Director |
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/s/ David Morrison*
David
Morrison |
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Director |
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April 29,
2008 |
* By Charles Kaufman,
Attorney-in-Fact.
Index
to
Exhibits
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Exhibit |
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Number |
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Description
of
Exhibit |
5.1*
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Opinion regarding legality of securities. |
23.1
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Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP. |
23.2*
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Consent of Charles Kaufman, Esq. (included
in
Exhibit 5.1). |
24.1*
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Power of Attorney (incorporated by
reference to
page II-6 of the original Registration Statement filed on May 21,
2007). |