Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-10-08
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-234216
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-08
Form: DEFA14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |

| ☐ | Definitive Proxy Statement |

| ☒ | Definitive Additional Materials |

| ☐ | Soliciting Material under § 240.14a-12 |

STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

| ☒ | No fee required. |

| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |

| ☐ | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a6(i)(1) and 0-11. |

On October 8, 2025, STAAR Surgical Company (“STAAR”) issued the following press release: STAAR Surgical Board of Directors Reiterates Unanimous Recommendation that STAAR Stockholders Vote “FOR” the Alcon Merger Agreement on WHITE Proxy Card Comments on Glass Lewis Report LAKE FOREST, CA, October 08, 2025 –STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA) (“STAAR”), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer ®Lenses (EVO ICL ™) for vision correction, today provided the following statement in response to a report issued by Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (“Glass Lewis”) related to STAAR’s pending merger with Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC): The STAAR Board of Directors and management team strongly disagree with the recommendation issued by Glass Lewis. Alcon is paying STAAR stockholders a 59% premium to the 90-dayVWAP, whereas Broadwood’s proposal to vote down the merger could allow Broadwood to take control without paying any premium to other stockholders. STAAR stockholders have a choice:

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