Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Alcon, Inc. __________________________ Thursday

General Meeting of Alcon, Inc.

__________________________

May 20, 2010, 2:00 p.m. (doors open at 1:00 p.m.)

Center Metalli at the Parkhotel Zug, CH-6304 Zug, Switzerland

On behalf of our Board of Directors, we

would like to invite you to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Alcon,

Inc. to be held at the Congress Center Metalli, Zug, Switzerland, on Thursday,

May 20, 2010. Various items are proposed for approval at the

meeting. The agenda and related information are set out

Your vote is important. If

you are a registered holder, please vote now by proxy so that your shares are

represented at the meeting. You can vote your shares by marking your

choices on the enclosed proxy card, and then signing, dat ing and mailing it

in the enclosed envelope or by following the Internet or telephone voting

instructions on the proxy card. Using any of these methods, you

authorize Alcon, Inc. to vote your shares as you specified. If you

authorize Alcon, Inc. to vote your shares without giving any instructions, your

shares will be voted in accordance with the proposals of the Board of Directors

with regard to the items listed on the agenda. If new proposals

(other than those on the agenda) are being put forth before the meeting, the

Alcon, Inc. representative will vote your shares in accordance with the position

of the Board of Directors. Proxy forms must be sent to the Company in

the enclosed envelope, arriving no later than May 13.

If you are a registered holder, you may

also authorize the inde pendent representative, Ms. Andrea Hodel,

Attorney-At-Law, Zug, Swit zerland, with full rights of substitution, to

vote your shares on your behalf. Ms. Hodel's address

is: Industriestrasse 13c, CH-6304 Zug, Switzerland. If you

authorize the independent representative to vote your shares without giving

instructions, your shares will be voted in accordance with the proposals of the

Board of Directors with regard to the items listed on the agenda. If

new proposals (other than those on the agenda) are being put forth before the

meeting, the independent representative will abstain from voting your shares

with regards to any such new proposals. Proxy forms authorizing the

independent representative to vote your shares on your behalf must be sent to

the Company in the enclosed envelope or directly to the independent

representative, arriving no later than May 13.

Alternatively, if you are a registered

holder, you may choose to attend the meet ing and vote in person, or appoint

a proxy of your choice to vote at the meeting for you. The proxy need

not be a shareholder. If you choose to attend the meeting in person,

or appoint a proxy to attend on your behalf, your shares can only be voted at

the meeting. To select one of these options, please complete the

attendance portion of the enclosed proxy card and return it to the

Company in the enclosed envelope, arriving no later than May 13.

If you are a beneficial owner, you are

requested to instruct your broker or custodian as to how to vote your shares

using the instruction form provided to you. You may also instruct

your broker or custodian to authorize the independent representative to vote

your shares. Alternatively, if you wish to vote in person then you

Each holder wishing to attend the

meeting in person must present his/her admission card before 1:45 p.m. on May

20, 2010, at one of the control offices at the meeting location for

validation. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. Registered shareholders who have

appointed Alcon, Inc. or the independent representative as a proxy and

beneficial owners who have not obtained a power of attorney from their broker or

custodian may not attend the meeting in person or send an alternate proxy of

their choice to represent them at the meeting.

Please note that shareholders who have

sold their shares before the meeting date are not entitled to vote or

participate in the meeting.

shares of Alcon, Inc. are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the

Inc., B sch 69, P.O. Box 62, CH-6331

additional information about Alcon, Inc., please contact Alcon Investor

Relations, 6201 South Freeway, MCT7-5, Fort Worth, Texas, 76134-2099, Telephone

(800) 400-8599, E-mail investor.relations@alconlabs.com

or visit our web site at www.alcon.com.

of first quarter 2010 earnings

date for payment of dividend

of second quarter 2010 earnings

of third quarter 2010 earnings

of fourth quarter 2010 earnings (date may be subject to change)

Annual General Meeting

of the 2009 Annual Report and Accounts of Alcon, Inc. and the

Consolidated Financial Statements of Alcon, Inc. and Subsidiaries

of Directors proposes that the 2009 Annual Report and Accounts of Alcon, Inc.

and the 2009 Consolidated Financial Statements of Alcon, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Alcon, Inc. 2009 Financial Report containing the Company's audited consolidated

financial statements with accompanying notes and required Swiss disclosures and

its audited Swiss statutory financial statements prepared in accordance with

Swiss law is available in the Investors & Media section of the Company's web

site at www.alcon.com. Copies of this document may be obtained

without charge by contacting Alcon Investor Relations either by phone or in

writing at the address indicated above. Copies are also available for

physical inspection at the Alcon, Inc. registered office.

of Available Earnings and Proposed

to Shareholders for the Financial Year 2009

of Directors proposes that Alcon, Inc. earnings be appropriated, and a dividend

be paid to shareholders, as follows:

of Directors proposes a dividend of CHF 3.95 (approximately USD 3.70 based on

the USD/CHF exchange rate in effect on February 17, 2010) per share for the

financial year 2009. The dividend, net of Swiss withholding taxes,

will be paid out on June 9, 2010, to all shareholders of record as of May 26,

2010. Dividend payments will be made in USD converted at the USD/CHF

exchange rate on June 7, 2010, unless shareholders timely elect to receive

dividends in CHF. The election period will commence May 27, 2010 and

expire on June 2, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. (EDT). Elections must be sent in

writing to the following address:

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