STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 4, 2022 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Brian Moore - Vice President, Investor, Media Relations and Corporate Development

Caren Mason - President and Chief Executive Officer

Patrick Williams - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Bill Plovanic - Canaccord

Zach Weiner - Jefferies

Ryan Zimmerman - BTIG

Chris Cooley - Stephens

Andrew Brackmann - William Blair

David Saxon - Needham

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Operator

00:04 Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to STAAR Surgical First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call. During today’s presentation, all parties will be in listen-only mode. Following the presentation, the call will be open for questions. [Operator Instructions] This call is being recorded today, Wednesday, May 4, 2022.

00:35 At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Brian Moore, Vice President, Investor, Media Relations and Corporate Development at STAAR Surgical. Please go ahead.

Brian Moore

00:46 Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us on the STAAR Surgical conference call this afternoon to discuss the company's financial results for the first quarter ended April 1, 2022.

01:00 On the call today are Caren Mason, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Patrick Williams, Chief Financial Officer. The press release of our first quarter results was issued just after 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time and is now available on STAAR's website at www.staar.com.

01:21 Before we begin, let me quickly remind you that during the course of this conference call, the company will make forward-looking statements. We caution you that any statement that is not a statement of historical fact is a forward-looking statement. This includes remarks about the company's projections, expectations, plans, beliefs, and prospects.

01:42 These statements are based on judgment and analysis as of the date of this conference call and are subject to numerous important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

01:58 The risks and uncertainties associated with the forward-looking statements made in this conference call and webcast are described in the Safe Harbor statement in today's press release, as well as STAAR's public periodic filings with the SEC. Except as required by law, STAAR assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or actual outcomes and does not intend to do so.