Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Alcon Research, LLC; STAAR Surgical Company
BWB/Z-7077
On 24.09.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Alcon Research, LLC, United States, intends to acquire all of the shares in and sole control over STAAR Surgical Company, United States.
Economic sector: Manufacturing; Other manufacturing; Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies; Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
C - MANUFACTURING C 32 - Other manufacturing, C 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies, C 32.50 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.10.2025.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 23.10.2025 .