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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 the STAAR
common stock present by remote communication or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote on the Compensation Proposal, is required to approve, on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, the Compensation Proposal.

If a quorum is present at the Special Meeting, the failure of any STAAR stockholder of record to: (1) submit a signed WHITE proxy card;
(2) grant a proxy over the Internet or by telephone (in accordance with the instructions on your WHITE proxy card and as detailed in “—Voting at the Special Meeting”); or (3) attend the Special Meeting will have
the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Merger Proposal but will have no effect on the Compensation Proposal. If a quorum is present at the Special Meeting, for any STAAR stockholder who attends the Special Meeting or is
represented by proxy and abstains from voting, such abstention will have the same effect as if the STAAR stockholder voted “AGAINST” the Merger Proposal and the Compensation Proposal.

Each “broker non-vote” will also count as a vote “AGAINST” the Merger
Proposal but, assuming a quorum is present, will have no effect on the Compensation Proposal, because broker non-votes will not be counted as shares present and entitled to vote with respect to proposals on
which the broker has not voted. A so-called “broker non-vote” results when banks, brokers and other nominees return a valid proxy 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-votes at 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. Failure to instruct your broker on
how to vote your shares will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Merger Proposal, but will have no effect on the Compensation Proposal (assuming a quorum is present).

Stock Ownership and Interests of Certain Persons

Shares