Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058174
Chunk: 47

Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 47
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 agreed to a three-month consulting agreement to assist with the transition of responsibilities, which provides for compensation at his current base salary rate of $47,917 per month during such consulting period.

Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. Based on its review and discussions with management, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement.

The Compensation Committee

Arthur Butcher (Chair)

Aimee S. Weisner*

Elizabeth Yeu, M.D.

April 24, 2025

* Ms. Weisner served on the Compensation Committee during the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024, and she participated in the review and discussion of the matters set forth in the Compensation Committee Report. As discussed above, Ms. Weisner stepped down from the Compensation Committee in April 2025, and she is not standing for re-election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.

| 2025 Proxy Statement | – 35 – |

#### –Compensation Discussion and Analysis–
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024, the following individuals served as members of the Compensation Committee: Arthur Butcher, Aimee S. Weisner, and Elizabeth Yeu, M.D. At the time of their service as a member of the Compensation Committee, each of the foregoing individuals was a non-employee director. No member of the Compensation Committee had a relationship that would constitute an interlocking relationship as defined by SEC rules for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024.

| 2025 Proxy Statement | – 36 – |

COMPENSATI ON TABLES Summary Compensation Table The following table summarizes the compensation of the named executive officers for each of the three fiscal years ended December 27, 2024, December 29, 2023 and December 30, 2022, respectively.

| Name and Principal Position    |     | Year |     | Salary ($) |     | Bonus ($)(5) |     | Stock Awards ($)(1)(2) |     | Option Awards ($)(1) |     | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(3) |     | All Other Compensation ($)(4) |     |  Total ($) |
| Thomas G. Frinzi               |     | 2024 |     |    820,000 |     |            — |     |