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Date:8/3/2009

be approved, the likelihood of administrative delays, the need in certain future FDA submissions to satisfy additional and potentially costly requirements such as third party audits, the cost of defending pending litigation and satisfying judgment in the event of an adverse ruling, for which we have taken no reserve, the negative effect of the global recession on sales of products, especially products such as the ICL used in non-reimbursed elective procedures, the challenge of managing our foreign subsidiaries, the risk that sales of our newly introduced products may not restore profitability to our U.S. IOL product line, our ability to overcome negative publicity resulting from warning letters and other correspondence from the FDA Office of Compliance and to demonstrate to the agency that its past concerns have been resolved, the willingness of surgeons and patients to adopt a new product and procedure, and the potential effect of recent negative publicity about LASIK on the demand for refractive surgery in general in the U.S. STAAR assumes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect future events or actual outcomes and does not intend to do so.

Use of Non-GAAP Information

This news release presents selected items from the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), and also on a non-GAAP basis after excluding certain non-recurring expenses, and excluding changes in currency. Additionally, this news release contains a discussion of EBITDA which is also a non-GAAP measure of performance. None of these measures are a substitute for measures determined in accordance with GAAP, and may not be comparable to the same measures as reported by other companies.

"EBITDA" is defined as earnings before net interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is a widely accepted measure
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