Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058174
Chunk: 67

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 67
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 of Shareholders.

| STAAR’s Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers. |

| 2025 Proxy Statement | – 55 – |

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024, which contains our consolidated financial statements of STAAR for that period, accompanies this proxy statement but is not a part of our soliciting materials. We will provide shareholders, without charge, a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024, along with the exhibits thereto, if the shareholder submits a written request to STAAR Surgical Company, c/o Office of the Corporate Secretary, 25510 Commercentre Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and the exhibits thereto are available at no charge on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. STAAR’s Annual Report on Form 10-K is also available on STAAR’s website at www.staar.com. This website reference is not intended to function as a hyperlink and the information contained on STAAR’s website, wherever referenced, is not a part of this Proxy Statement.

| By Order of the Board of Directors, STAAR Surgical Company |
| Nathaniel Sisitsky, Esq.                                   |
| Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary                |
| Lake Forest, California                                    |
| April 24, 2025                                             |

| 2025 Proxy Statement | – 56 – |

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING

| Q: 
 A: | Why are you providing this Proxy Statement?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 The Board of Directors is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Annual Meeting because you were a shareholder at the close of business on April 22, 2025—the “Record Date” for the Annual Meeting—and as such you are entitled to vote at the meeting. STAAR has made the Proxy Statement and related materials available to you on the Internet, in connection with this solicitation. |
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| Q: | When and where is the Annual Meeting?  Can I attend in person?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| A: | The Annual Meeting will be held as a live audio webcast via the internet. You will not be able to attend the