Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058174
Chunk: 6

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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 which the Board of Directors based its nominations are described along with the biography of each nominee below.

| STAAR’s Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of each of the director nominees. |

| 2025 Proxy Statement | – 3 – |

I NFORMATION REGARDING DIRECTOR NOMINEES As discussed above, in April 2025, we announced several changes to our Board. We expanded the size of the Board, and we appointed to the Board Louis E. Silverman, who previously served as a director from 2014 to 2022. Aimee S. Weisner, who has served as a director since 2022, has chosen not to stand for re-election, and our Board voted to reduce the size of the Board from seven to six directors upon the expiration of her term at the Annual Meeting. The table below sets forth certain information regarding the six directors nominated for re-election, as of April 24, 2025:

| Director Nominees                              |     |                |              |                     |                   |        |        |
|                                                |     | Director Since | Independ.    | Other Public Boards | Committee Service |        |        |
|                                                | Age |          Audit | Compensation |             Nom/Gov |                   |        |        |
| Arthur C. Butcher                              |  54 |           2024 | Y            |                   1 | —                 | Chair  | —      |
| Stephen C. Farrell*                            |  60 |           2016 | N            |                   — | —                 | —      | —      |
| Wei Jiang                                      |  61 |           2024 | N            |                   1 | —                 | —      | —      |
| Louis E. Silverman                             |  66 |           2025 | Y            |                   1 | Member            | —      | Member |
| Elizabeth Yeu, M.D.**                          |  46 |           2021 | Y            |                   1 | Member            | Member | Chair  |
| Lilian Y. Zhou                                 |  42 |           2023 | Y            |                   — | Chair             | Member | Member |
| *  Chief Executive Officer      ** Board Chair |     |                |              |                     |                   |        |        |

Director Nominee Skills and Experience Each of our six director nominees’ skills and experiences are summarized in the following table and described more fully in their individual profiles below