Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 49

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 49
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 for appraisal or otherwise lose their appraisal rights,
in each case in accordance with the DGCL; and (v) otherwise meet the criteria and strictly comply with all other procedures for exercising appraisal rights under the DGCL. Failure to follow exactly the procedures specified under
Section 262 may result in the loss of appraisal rights. In addition, the Delaware Court of Chancery will dismiss appraisal proceedings in respect of shares of STAAR common stock unless certain stock ownership conditions are satisfied by the
STAAR stockholders and beneficial owners seeking appraisal. The DGCL requirements for exercising appraisal rights are described in further detail in the section titled “Proposal 1: Adoption of the Merger Agreement—Appraisal Rights,” which is qualified in its entirety by Section 262, the relevant section of the DGCL regarding appraisal rights. A copy of Section 262 is accessible, without subscription or cost, at the following publicly available
website: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc09/index.html#262.

If you hold your shares of STAAR common stock through a
bank, broker, trust, or other nominee and you wish to exercise appraisal rights, you may make a written demand for appraisal in your own name, but you must satisfy the conditions set forth above and your written demand must also reasonably identify
the holder of record of the shares of STAAR common stock for which demand is made, be accompanied by documentary evidence of your beneficial ownership of stock (such as a brokerage or securities account statement containing such information or a
letter from a broker or other record holder of such shares of STAAR common stock confirming such information) and a statement that such documentary evidence is a true and correct copy of what it purports to be, and provide an address at which you
consent to receive notices given by the Surviving Corporation under Section 262 and to be set forth on the verified list required by Section 262(f) of the DGCL.

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Delisting and Deregistration of STAAR Common Stock

If the Merger is completed, STAAR common stock will be delisted from NASDAQ and deregistered under the Exchange Act, and STAAR common stock
will no longer be publicly traded.

Other Matters

Pursuant to the DGCL and STAAR’s bylaws, except as otherwise required by law, only the matters set forth in the Notice of Special Meeting
may be brought before the Special Meeting.

Householding of Special Meeting Materials

The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries such as brokers