Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 29

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 29
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 Q: | Should I surrender my Certificates or Book-Entry Shares now? |

| A: | No. After the Merger is completed, the Exchange Agent will send each holder of record of certificated shares of                                                                                                                        
 STAAR common stock (a “Certificate”) a letter of transmittal and instructions that explain how to exchange shares of STAAR common stock represented by such holder’s Certificates for the Merger Consideration. Also, after the Merger 
 is completed, the Exchange Agent will send each holder of non-certificated shares of STAAR common stock represented by book-entry (a “Book-Entry Share”) the Merger Consideration for each such                                        
 Book-Entry Share upon receipt of an “agent’s message” by the Exchange Agent (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Exchange Agent may reasonably request).                                                                |

| Q: | What happens if I sell or otherwise transfer my shares of STAAR common stock after the Record Date, but 
 before the Special Meeting?                                                                             |

| A: | The Record Date for the Special Meeting is earlier than the date of the Special Meeting and the date the Merger                                                                                                                                           
 is expected to be completed. If you sell or transfer your shares of STAAR common stock after the Record Date, but before the Special Meeting, unless special arrangements (such as provision of a proxy) are made between you and the person to whom you  
 sell or otherwise transfer your shares and each of you notifies STAAR in writing of such special arrangements, you will transfer the right to receive the Merger Consideration, if the Merger is completed, to the person to whom you sell or transfer    
 your shares, but you will retain your right to vote those shares at the Special Meeting. Even if you sell or otherwise transfer your shares of STAAR common stock after the Record Date, STAAR encourages you to sign, date and return 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”).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

| Q: | What is the difference between holding shares as a STAAR stockholder of record and holding shares in 
 “street name” as a beneficial owner?                                                                 |

| A: | If your shares of STAAR common stock are registered directly in your name with STAAR’s transfer agent,                                                                                   
 Equiniti, you are considered a