Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058174
Chunk: 61

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 61
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, 2023, The Vanguard Group states it has sole voting power as to no shares, shared voting power as to 91,594 shares, sole dispositive power as to 5,331,390 shares, and shared dispositive power as to 137,320 shares. (5) In its Schedule 13G filed March 28, 2025, with respect to its ownership of STAAR securities as of March 26, 2025, Soleus Capital Master Fund, L.P., Soleus Capital, LLC, Soleus Capital Group, LLC, Soleus Capital Management, L.P., Soleus GP, LLC and Guy Levy state it has sole voting power as to no shares, shared voting power as to 2,562,893 shares, sole dispositive power as to no shares, and shared dispositive power as to 2,562,893 shares.

| 2025 Proxy Statement | – 50 – |

<div align='center'>–Security Ownership of Principal Shareholders and Management–</div>

The following table shows, as of April 22, 2025, information with respect to the shares of common stock beneficially owned by (1) each director and director nominee, (2) each person who is named in the Summary Compensation Table above, and (3) all current executive officers and directors as a group.

|                           |     |              Shares Beneficially Owned |     |                                                                         |     |                                                |     |           |     |                     |
| Name(1)                   |     | Shares of Common Stock Owned(2)(4) (#) |     | Shares Subject to Options Exercisable on or Before June 21, 2025(3) (#) |     | RSUs Vesting on or Before June 21, 2025(3) (#) |     | Total (#) |     | Percent of Class(5) |
| Arthur C. Butcher**       |     |                                  1,964 |     |                                                                   5,173 |     |                                          2,244 |     |     9,381 |     | *                   |
| Stephen C. Farrell**      |     |                                 32,912 |     |                                                                  43,335 |     |                                          2,244 |     |    78,491 |     | *                   |
| Wei Jiang**               |     |                                  2,360 |     |                                                                   4,010 |     |                                          2,244 |     |