Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
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: | 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 proxy card in the accompanying prepaid reply envelope, or grant your proxy electronically over the Internet or by telephone (in accordance with the instructions 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

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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 STA