Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058174
Chunk: 52

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 52
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-in-control payments and benefits that our named executive officers would have been entitled to receive under their employment agreements if one of the following events had occurred on December 27, 2024: • termination of employment by STAAR without cause, or by the named executive officer for good reason, prior to a change in control; • termination of employment by STAAR without cause, or by the named executive officer for good reason, following a change in control; and • a change in control of STAAR, without termination of the named executive officer.

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#### –Compensation Tables–
We are providing this information on a hypothetical basis in accordance with the regulations of the SEC. In fact, no such change in control occurred on December 27, 2024, and none of the named executive officers was terminated on that date. There can be no assurance that a change in control would produce the same or similar results as those described if it occurs on any other date, or if any assumption is correct when the actual event occurs. Termination for “good reason” generally means that an employer has adversely changed the terms and conditions of employment to such a degree that the executive, under the specific terms of his or her agreement, is entitled to voluntarily resign and to receive severance benefits.

| Name                |     | Benefit(1)             |     | Termination without Cause or for Good Reason without a Change in Control ($) |    |     | Termination without Cause or for Good Reason following Change in Control ($)(2) |    |     | Change in Control (no termination) ($)(2) |
| Thomas G. Frinzi    |     | Severance              |     |                                                                    1,230,000 | -3 |     |                                                                       2,952,001 | -3 |     |                                         — |
|                     |     | COBRA(4)               |     |                                                                            — |    |     |                                                                               — |    |     |                                         — |
|                     |     | Equity acceleration(5) |     |                                                                            — |    |     |                                                                       3,218,138 |    |     |                                 3,218,138 |
| Patrick F. Williams |     | Severance              |     |                                                                      575,429 | -3 |     |                                                                       1,323,487 | -3 |     |                                         — |
|                     |     | COBRA                  |     |                                                                       34,919 |    |