Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-192889
Chunk: 5

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 5
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| Fees and Expenses                                                                   |     |  97 |
| Amendment                                                                           |     |  97 |
| Governing Law                                                                       |     |  97 |
| PROPOSAL 2: THE COMPENSATION PROPOSAL                                               |     |  98 |
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT                         |     |  99 |
| FUTURE STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS                                                        |     | 102 |
| WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION                                                 |     | 103 |
| MISCELLANEOUS                                                                       |     | 105 |
| ANNEX A—AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER                                                |     | A-1 |
| ANNEX B—OPINION OF CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.                                    |     | B-1 |

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SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information from this proxy statement related to the Merger (as defined below) and may not contain all of the
information that is important to you. To understand the Merger more fully and for a more complete description of the legal terms of the Merger, you should carefully read and consider this entire proxy statement and the annexes to this proxy
statement, including the Merger Agreement (as defined below), along with all of the documents to which this proxy statement refers, as they contain important information about, among other things, the Merger and how it affects you. You may obtain
the information incorporated by reference in this proxy statement without charge by following the instructions in “Where You Can Find More Information.” A copy of the Merger Agreement is attached as Annex A to this proxy
statement. You should carefully read and consider the entire Merger Agreement, which is the legal document that governs the Merger.

Except as otherwise specifically noted in this proxy statement, “STAAR” or the “Company” and similar words refer to STAAR Surgical Company. Throughout this proxy statement, this proxy statement refers to Alcon Research, LLC as “Alcon,” Rascasse Merger Sub, Inc. as “Merger Sub,” and STAAR, Alcon and Merger Sub each as a “party” and together as the “parties.” In addition, throughout this proxy statement this proxy statement refers to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 4, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time), by and among STAAR, Alcon and Merger Sub as