Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-258558
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: DEFA14A
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 Record Date.

The section titled “The Special Meeting” starting on page 27 of the proxy statement until the subsection thereof titled “—Recommendation of the Board” on page 30, and the related sections of the Summary on page 7-8of the proxy statement, are hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

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Date, Time and Place

The Special Meeting will be held virtually via live webcast on
October23 December3, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m., Pacific Time (unless the Special Meeting is adjourned or postponed).
STAAR stockholders will be able to virtually attend and vote at the Special Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STAA2025SM.

Purpose of the Special Meeting

At the Special Meeting, STAAR will ask STAAR stockholders to vote on proposals to (1) approve the Merger
Proposal and (2) approve, on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, the Compensation Proposal.

Attending the Special Meeting

The Special Meeting is scheduled to be held on October23 December3, 2025, at 8:30 a.m., Pacific Time (unless the Special Meeting is adjourned or postponed), in a virtual format. STAAR will hold the Special Meeting virtually via live webcast to provide the
opportunity for full and equal participation of all STAAR stockholders regardless of location.

You may attend the Special Meeting
virtually by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STAA2025SM and using the 16-digit control number found on the updated WHITE proxy card included with this mailing that you previously received. If you plan to attend the Special Meeting virtually, STAAR encourages you to access the Special Meeting website prior to the start time of the meeting to allow time to log in and test your
device’s audio system. You may begin to log into the Special Meeting website beginning at 8:15 a.m., Pacific Time, on October23 December3, 2025.

The Special Meeting website is fully supported across browsers (Edge,
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari) and devices (desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones) that have the most updated version of applicable software and plugins installed. Stockholders should ensure that they have a strong Internet
connection if they intend to virtually attend the Special Meeting. Attendees should allow sufficient time to access the meeting and ensure that they can hear streaming audio prior to the start of the Special Meeting.

If you encounter any difficulties accessing the Special Meeting,