Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 27

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 27
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 voting upon a matter or matters for which the applicable rules provide discretionary authority but do not vote on a particular proposal because they do not have discretionary authority to vote on the matter and have not received specific voting instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares. STAAR does not expect any broker non-votesat the Special Meeting because the rules applicable to banks, brokers and other nominees only provide brokers with discretionary authority to vote on proposals that are considered “routine” or “discretionary,” and each of the proposals to be presented at the Special Meeting is considered “non-routine”and “non-discretionary.”As a result, no broker will be permitted to vote your shares of STAAR common stock at the Special Meeting without receiving instructions, and you will not be able to vote your shares at the Special Meeting without a legal proxy. If you properly sign your WHITE proxy card but do not mark the boxes showing how your shares of STAAR common stock should be voted on a matter, the shares represented by your properly signed proxy will be voted (1) “FOR” the Merger Proposal and (2) “FOR” the Compensation Proposal. -14-

| Q: | What constitutes a quorum? |

| A: | The presence by remote communication or by proxy of the holders of record on the Record Date of a majority of                                                                                                                                            
 the STAAR common stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting will constitute a quorum at the Special Meeting. Since there were 49,354,123 shares of STAAR common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the Record Date, STAAR will need holders 
 of at least 24,677,062 shares present by remote communication or by proxy at the Special Meeting to achieve a quorum. In the event that a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, it is expected that the Special Meeting will be adjourned to     
 solicit additional proxies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

| Q: | What happens if the Merger is not completed? |

| A: | If the Merger Agreement is not adopted by STAAR stockholders or if the Merger is not completed for any other                                                                                                                                          
 reason, STAAR stockholders will not receive any payment for their shares of STAAR common stock. Instead, STAAR will remain an independent public company, STAAR common stock will continue to be listed and traded on NASDAQ and registered under the 
 Exchange Act, and STAAR will continue to file periodic and other reports with the SEC.                                                                                                                                                                |

Under specified circumstances, upon termination of the