Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-24
Form Type: DEFC14A
Source: 0001213900-25-090869
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-24
Form: DEFC14A
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 or other nominee, including voting
via the Internet or by telephone). Please do this for each account you maintain to ensure that all of your shares are voted.

How should I vote on each proposal?

We
recommend that you vote your shares on the GREEN Proxy Card as follows:

| ● | “AGAINST” the Merger Agreement Proposal; and |

| ● | “AGAINST” the Compensation Proposal. |

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How many shares must be present to hold the
Special Meeting?

According
to the Company’s proxy statement, the presence by remote communication or by proxy of the holders of record on the Record Date of
a majority of the Common Stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting will constitute a quorum at the Special Meeting. According to the
Company’s proxy statement, there were 49,354,123 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the Record Date,
so at least 24,677,062 shares present by remote communication or by proxy at the Special Meeting will be needed to achieve a quorum.

Your shares
will be counted towards the quorum if you submit a valid proxy or attend the Special Meeting. Abstentions will be included in determining
the number of shares present at the meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum. A failure to instruct your broker,
bank or other nominee will result in your shares not being included in determining the number of shares present at the meeting for the
purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. However, according to the Company’s proxy statement, your shares will be included
in determining the number of shares present at the meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum if you instruct your
broker, bank or other nominee on how to vote your shares with respect to one or more of the Merger Proposals,

What are “broker non-votes,” and
what effect do they have on the proposals?

A “broker
non-vote” results when a broker, bank or other nominee who holds shares for another person has not received voting instructions
from the owner of the shares and, under the applicable rules, does not have discretionary authority to vote on a matter. Brokers are not
permitted to vote shares without instructions on proposals that are not considered “routine.” Applicable regional and national
exchange rules determine whether proposals are “routine” or “non- routine.” If a proposal is “routine,”
a broker holding shares for an owner in “street name