Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 102

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 102
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 Projections, Adjusted EBITDA (burdened by SBC) is calculated by adding interest income and 
 expense, net; provision for income taxes; and depreciation and amortization to net income.                     |

| (4) | For purposes of the Projections, Unlevered Free Cash Flows is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA less taxes, less                                                                                                               
 changes to net working capital, less total capital expenditures. Total capital expenditures refer to the funds required to acquire, upgrade and maintain essential physical assets like property, technology or equipment. |

July Diligence Projections Subject to the foregoing qualifications, the following table presents a summary of the July Diligence Projections:

| ($ in millions)                |     | 2025E |     |   |     | 2026E |     |   |     | 2027E |     |   |
|:-------------------------------|:----|:------|----:|:--|:----|:------|----:|:--|:----|:------|----:|:--|
| Net Sales                      |     | $     | 256 |   |     | $     | 350 |   |     | $     | 428 |   |
| Adjusted EBITDA (unburdened by 
 SBC)(1)                        |     | $     |   7 |   |     | $     |  98 |   |     | $     | 142 |   |
| Adjusted EBITDA Margin(2)      |     |       |   3 | % |     |       |  28 | % |     |       |  33 | % |

| (1) | For purposes of the July Diligence Projections, Adjusted EBITDA (unburdened by SBC) is calculated by adding                                                    
 (a) interest income and expense, net; provision for income taxes; depreciation and amortization; and stock-based compensation expense, net; to (b) net income. |

| (2) | For purposes of the July Diligence Projections, Adjusted EBITDA Margin is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA 
 (unburdened by SBC) divided by net sales.                                                               |

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STAAR does not intend to update or otherwise revise the above financial projections to reflect circumstances existing after the date when they were prepared or to reflect the occurrence of future events, even in the event that