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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 my shares in “street name,” will my broker vote my shares for me? |

| A: | No. Your bank, broker or other nominee is permitted to vote your shares of STAAR common stock on any proposal                                                                                                                                    
 currently scheduled to be considered at the Special Meeting only if you instruct your bank, broker or other nominee on how to vote. You should follow the procedures provided by your bank, broker or other nominee to vote your shares. Without 
 instructions, your shares of STAAR common stock will not be voted                                                                                                                                                                                |

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| on such proposals, which will have the same effect as if you voted against the Merger Proposal, but, assuming a quorum is present, will have no effect on the Compensation Proposal. You will not 
 be able to vote your shares at the Special Meeting without a legal proxy.                                                                                                                         |

| Q: | May I change my vote after I have mailed my signed and dated proxy card? |

| A: | Yes. You may change your vote in the manner described in this proxy statement. We further recommend that STAAR                                                                                                                                   
 stockholders disregard any proxy card sent to them by or on behalf of any person other than STAAR, including any green proxy card and solicitation materials that may be sent to STAAR stockholders by or on behalf of Broadwood Group, which is 
 soliciting proxies in opposition to the Board’s recommendations presented in this proxy statement, including the Merger Proposal and the Compensation Proposal. If you have submitted such a proxy card (including a green proxy card), we ask   
 that you recast your vote as instructed in this proxy statement. You may do this by:                                                                                                                                                             |

| • |     | At the Special Meeting: Virtually attending the Special Meeting and voting at the                                                                                       
 Special Meeting as instructed in your WHITE proxy card. Please note that virtual attendance at the Special Meeting will not by itself constitute revocation of a proxy. |

If your shares of STAAR common stock are held in the name of a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow the voting instructions you receive from the holder of record to revoke your proxy or change your vote. If you have any questions about how to vote or change your vote, you should contact STAAR’s proxy solicitor: INNISFREE M&A INCORPORATED 501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor New York, New York 10022 Stockholders, please call toll-free: (877) 750-8233 Banks and brokerage firms, please call: (