Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204396
Chunk: 45

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 45
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 Held by STAAR’s Directors and Executive Officers

As of the Record Date, STAAR’s executive officers and directors beneficially owned and were entitled to vote, in the aggregate, 123,542
shares of STAAR common stock, representing less than 1% of the shares of STAAR common stock outstanding on the Record Date.

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Voting at the Special Meeting There are four ways to vote if you are a record holder ( i.e., you do not hold your shares of STAAR common stock through a broker, bank or other nominee):

| • |     | By Telephone: As instructed on the WHITE proxy card, you can make a toll-free telephone call      
 from the U.S. or Canada to 1-800-690-6903 prior to 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 22, 2025. |

| • |     | At the Special Meeting: To vote during the Special Meeting, visit                                                                                                                                                
 www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STAA2025SM and enter the 16-digit control number included in your WHITE proxy card. Online access to the Special Meeting will open approximately 15 minutes prior to the start 
 of the Special Meeting. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual Special Meeting during the check-in or meeting time, please call the technical support number that will be posted on the Special 
 Meeting website. Technical support will be available starting 15 minutes prior to the Special Meeting.                                                                                                           |

Although STAAR offers multiple voting methods, STAAR encourages you to vote over the Internet or by telephone as STAAR believes they are the most cost-effective methods. STAAR also recommends that you vote as soon as possible, even if you are planning to attend the Special Meeting, so that the vote count will not be delayed. Both the Internet and telephone provide convenient, cost-effective and reliable alternatives to returning your WHITE proxy card by mail. If you choose to vote your shares of STAAR common stock over the Internet or by telephone, there is no need for you to submit your WHITE proxy card by mail. All shares of STAAR common stock represented by properly signed and dated proxies received by the deadline indicated above will be voted at the Special Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the STAAR stockholder. Properly signed and dated proxies that do not contain voting instructions for one or more specific proposals will be voted with respect to the proposals for which instructions are not provided (1) “ FOR” the Merger Proposal and (2) “ FOR” the Compensation Proposal.