Broadwood Partners: Leading Proxy Advisory Firm Glass Lewis Reaffirms Recommendation “AGAINST” STAAR Surgical Sale to Alcon

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadwood Partners, L.P. and its affiliates ("Broadwood†or "we†) today announced that Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC ("Glass Lewis†), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has reaffirmed its recommendation that shareholders of STAAR Surgical Company ("STAAR†or the "Company†) (NASDAQ: STAA) should vote "AGAINST†the proposed acquisition of STAAR by Alcon Inc. ("Alcon†) (NYSE: ALC). Glass Lewis concluded in its report that "we do not believe there exists persuasive. ...