Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
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 Merger Agreement, STAAR will be required to pay Alcon a termination fee of up to $43,425,000 in cash, or Alcon will be required to pay STAAR a termination fee of $72,375,000 in cash, as described in “ The Merger Agreement—Termination Fees.”

| Q: | Why are STAAR stockholders being asked to cast an advisory (nonbinding) vote to approve the Compensation 
 Proposal?                                                                                                |

| A: | The Exchange Act and applicable SEC rules thereunder require STAAR to seek an advisory (nonbinding) vote with        
 respect to certain payments that could become payable to its named executive officers in connection with the Merger. |

| Q: | What will happen if STAAR stockholders do not approve the Compensation Proposal at the Special Meeting? |

| A: | Approval of the Compensation Proposal is not a condition to the completion of the Merger and is separate and                                                                                                                                             
 apart from the vote on the Merger Proposal. The vote with respect to the Compensation Proposal is an advisory vote and will not be binding on STAAR or Alcon. Therefore, if the approval of the Merger Proposal is obtained and the Merger is completed, 
 the amounts payable under the Compensation Proposal will continue to be payable to STAAR’s named executive officers in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable agreements even if STAAR stockholders do not approve the               
 Compensation Proposal.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

| Q: | What do I need to do now? |

| A: | You should carefully read and consider this entire proxy statement and the annexes to this proxy statement,                                                                                                                                          
 including the Merger Agreement, along with all of the documents to which this proxy statement refers, as they contain important information about, among other things, the Merger and how it affects you. Then sign, date and return, as promptly as 
 possible, the enclosed WHITE proxy card in the accompanying prepaid reply envelope, or grant your proxy electronically over the Internet or by telephone (in accordance with the instructions on your WHITE proxy card and as detailed in “The       
 Special Meeting—Voting at the Special Meeting”), so that your shares of STAAR common stock can be voted at the Special Meeting. If you hold your shares of STAAR common stock in “street name,” please refer to the voting                           
 instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee to vote your shares. You will not be able to vote your shares at the Special Meeting without a legal proxy.                                                                              |

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