Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 114

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 114
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. In the case of a holder of record -68-

of shares of STAAR common stock, a proxy that is submitted and does not contain voting instructions will, unless revoked, be voted in favor of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement, and it
will cause a stockholder to lose such stockholder’s right to appraisal and will nullify any previously delivered written demand for appraisal. Therefore, a stockholder who submits a proxy and who wishes to exercise appraisal rights must submit
a proxy containing instructions to vote against the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement or abstain from voting on the adoption of the Merger Agreement at the Special Meeting. In the case of a beneficial owner, broker, bank, trust or other
nominees that hold shares of STAAR common stock in “street name” for their customers do not have discretionary authority to vote those shares of STAAR common stock on the adoption of the Merger Agreement without specific voting
instructions from the beneficial owner on such proposal, but such broker, bank, trust or other nominees will vote such shares of STAAR common stock as instructed if the beneficial owner provides such instructions. If a beneficial owner of shares of
STAAR common stock held in “street name” instructs such person’s broker, bank, trust, or other nominee to vote such person’s shares of STAAR common stock in favor of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement, and does not
revoke such instruction prior to the vote on such proposal, then such shares of STAAR common stock will be voted in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement, and it will cause such beneficial owner to lose his, her, its or their right to
appraisal and will nullify any previously delivered written demand for appraisal. Therefore, a beneficial owner who wishes to exercise appraisal rights must either not provide any instructions to such person’s broker, bank, trust, or other
nominee how to vote on the adoption of the Merger Agreement or must instruct such broker, bank, trust, or other nominee to vote against the adoption of the Merger Agreement or abstain from voting on such proposal. Neither voting against the proposal
to adopt the Merger Agreement nor abstaining from voting or failing to vote on the adoption of the Merger Agreement will, in and of itself, constitute a written demand for appraisal satisfying the requirements of Section 262. The written demand
for appraisal must be in addition to and separate from any proxy or vote on the adoption of the Merger Agreement. A proxy or