Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form Type: PX14A6G
Source: 0001193125-25-244217
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form: PX14A6G
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 NOTICE OF EXEMPT SOLICITATION Submitted Pursuant to Rule 14a-6(g) (Amendment No. _)

| 1. | Name of the Registrant: |

STAAR SURGICAL CO

| 2. | Name of Person Relying on Exemption: |

Yunqi Capital Limited

| 3. | Address of Person Relying on Exemption: |

Unit 3703, 37/F, AIA Tower, 183 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong

| 4. | Written Materials. The following written material is attached hereto: |

Press release, dated October 21, 2025, attached hereto as Exhibit 1. * * * Written material is submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-6(g)(1)promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This is not a solicitation of authority to vote any proxy. Yunqi Capital Limited (together with its affiliates, “Yunqi Capital”) is not asking for your proxy card and will not accept proxy cards if sent. The cost of this filing is being borne entirely by Yunqi Capital. PLEASE NOTE: Yunqi Capital is not asking for your proxy card and cannot accept your proxy card. Please DO NOT send us your proxy card. (Written material follows on next page)

Exhibit 1

Yunqi Capital Issues Letter to STAAR Surgical’s Board Calling for Timely Convening of the Special Meeting to Vote on the Alcon Transaction

Shareholders Have the Information They Need to Make an Informed Vote

Preliminary Net Sales Results for Third Quarter Underscore a Positive Trajectory

Continues to Oppose the Proposed Merger and Will Vote AGAINST at the Special Meeting

HONG KONG, October 21, 2025 – Yunqi Capital Limited (together with its affiliates and the funds it advises, “Yunqi Capital”), an
investment management firm and 5.1% shareholder of STAAR Surgical Company (“STAAR” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:STAA), today issued the following letter to the Board of Directors of STAAR regarding Yunqi’s opposition to
the proposed sale to Alcon Inc. (SIX/NYSE:ALC) on the terms announced on August 5, 2025.

The text of
the letter to the Board is