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 (as defined below) is required for approval of, on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, the proposal to approve compensation that may be paid or become payable to STAAR’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise related to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (which this proxy statement refers to as the “Compensation Proposal”). As of the Record Date, STAAR’s executive officers and directors beneficially owned and were entitled to vote, in the aggregate, 123,542 shares of STAAR common stock, representing less than 1% of the shares of STAAR common stock outstanding on the Record Date. The Special Meeting Date, Time and Place The Special Meeting will be held virtually via live webcast on October 23, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m., Pacific Time (unless the Special Meeting is adjourned or postponed). STAAR stockholders will be able to virtually attend and vote at the Special Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STAA2025SM. Record Date; Shares Entitled to Vote; Quorum Only stockholders who held shares of STAAR common stock as of the Record Date are entitled to notice of the Special Meeting and to vote at the Special Meeting. The list of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Special Meeting will be available for examination during the 10 days before the Special Meeting by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the Special Meeting during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation at Office of the Corporate Secretary, STAAR Surgical Company, 25510 Commercentre Drive, Lake Forest, California, 92630. As of the Record Date, there were 49,354,123 shares of STAAR common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

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The presence, by remote communication or by proxy of the holders of record of a majority of
the STAAR common stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting on the Record Date will constitute a quorum at the Special Meeting. 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.

Recommendation of the Board and Reasons for the Merger

The Board has unanimously determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, on the terms