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BRIEF-Alcon And Lensar Agree To Terminate Merger Agreement
Mar 16, 2026 2:23 PM

March 16 (Reuters) - Alcon AG:

* ALCON AND LENSAR, INC. AGREE TO TERMINATE MERGER AGREEMENT

* ALCON AG - REGULATORY REVIEW DELAYS AND FTC OPPOSITION

LEAD TO TERMINATION OF MERGER AGREEMENT

* ALCON AG - DELAY AND ASSOCIATED COSTS OF THIS EXTENDED

REGULATORY REVIEW, WHICH BEGAN NEARLY A YEAR AGO, HAS RENDERED

TRANSACTION UNATTRACTIVE

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